Authors may request to withdraw their manuscript under specific conditions. Withdrawal is only permitted in accordance with the ethical standards of scientific publishing and the guidelines of Archives of Men’s Health (AMH):

Permissible Withdrawal Times

• Before Peer Review: Authors may freely withdraw their manuscript before it is sent for peer review.
• After Revisions Requested: Authors may withdraw the manuscript if it has been returned to them for major or minor revisions and has not yet re-entered peer review.
• During Peer Review: Withdrawal during peer review is not permitted, unless the peer review process for that round has exceeded six weeks, as defined in our peer review policy.
• Before Acceptance: Articles may be withdrawn at any time before final acceptance, except in cases involving ethical misconduct.

Non-Permissible or Conditional Withdrawals
• Post-Acceptance Withdrawal: Once accepted, articles cannot be withdrawn except in exceptional cases, such as:
• Serious errors in data or methodology
• Accidental duplicate submissions
• Breach of ethical publishing standards

Ethical Misconduct

Manuscripts found to involve any of the following may be withdrawn by the editors at any stage:
• Duplicate or simultaneous submission to multiple journals
• Plagiarism
• Authorship manipulation (e.g., ghost authorship, false claims)
• Data fabrication or falsification
• Fraudulent content

Such withdrawals may be accompanied by notices or editorials, and in severe cases, authors may be reported to their institution or funding agency.

Withdrawal Procedure

To request a withdrawal, the corresponding author must:
• Send a formal Withdrawal Request Letter via email to the editorial office
• State the reason for withdrawal clearly
• Include the signatures of both the corresponding author and the individual who submitted the manuscript

Note: Failure to follow the formal withdrawal procedure may result in blacklisting of the authors from future submissions.