Authors Forced to Withdraw the Article as Their Request to Change the Title Was Denied


On December 31, 2024, the international journal “Computers & Security” issued an unusual retraction notice. The authors of paper [1] sought to revise the title post-publication to better highlight the paper's innovative contributions, but the journal rejected the request. Unable to reach an agreement on this matter, the authors opted to withdraw the paper.

The 5GH team is now conducting a post-publication peer review of paper [1]. If no other issues are identified, the journal's "inflexible" stance in this case may warrant careful reflection.



Reference

[1] 10.1016/j.cose.2024.103937






Author: WU Guangheng

Founder and Chair of the 5GH Foundation

E-Mail: wu@5gh.org.cn

Document ID: 5GH-2025-000008.R4

Publication Date: 2025.08.13

This article is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License

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