Crossmark Policy

CrossMark, a multi-publisher initiative from CrossRef, provides a standard way for readers to find authoritative versions of documents. Elsevier recognizes the importance of the integrity and completeness of scholarly archives to researchers and librarians and places great importance on maintaining trust in the authority of its electronic archives. Clicking on the CrossMark icon will inform readers about the current status of the document and may also provide additional publication record information about the document.

Publication Type

Addendum Publication items provide additional information about other publication items, most of which present additional results.
Duplicate Accidental duplication of article in another journal. Article text retracted. HTML page replaced by a single page with citation details and explanation. PDF page remains with watermark on each page to indicate that it is a duplicate.
Erratum Articles in which errors are reported that were made in previous publications in the same journal. It can be an Erratum (publishing error) but also a Corrigendum (author error).
Removal The article text has been removed. The HTML page and PDF page of the article have been completely removed and replaced by a single page with detailed citations and explanations.
Retraction The article text is removed. The HTML page and PDF page of the article are completely removed and supported by a single page with detailed citations and explanations.
Review article A substantial summary of the original research, usually with a comprehensive bibliography, generally also containing a table of contents.
DOI 10.28989/k-crossmark