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Anonymizing your manuscript means removing your name, the names of any co-authors, your institutions, and any other factors that could indicate who wrote the manuscript.

Alternatively, it is a good idea to write to the editor of the journal to seek a withdrawal. When writing letter to the journal editor, make sure to include the title of the manuscript, the names of the authors, and the reasons for withdrawal.

Most journals are not keen on withdrawing your submission. It wastes their resources and the author may incur a penalty for manuscript withdrawal. This penalty could range from 200 to 1000 USD, depending on the journal. This information, however, should be transparent and clearly stated on the journal's policy webpage.

Article retraction A retraction note titled ?Retraction: [article title]? signed by the authors and/or the editor is published in the paginated part of a subsequent issue of the journal and listed in the contents list. In the electronic version, a link is made to the original article.

This means that the article will no longer proceed through the peer review process, will not be published and becomes the authors' ?property? once again, to revise and/or resubmit elsewhere if desired. An article can be withdrawn at any point before publication: Before it has been sent out for review.

Withdrawing a paper during peer-review or after acceptance, but before publication, is an uncommon event. It is not considered good scientific practice and must be done only in exceptional cases.

Note that while there are no legal implications of doing this as such, withdrawing a paper that has been accepted is sometimes not perceived as good practice given the time and effort invested by the journal in peer review. It is therefore recommended that you explain your reason for withdrawal clearly.

Do not include any names in any file names and ensure document properties are also anonymised. Do not include any author names or institution information in the Acknowledgements section of your manuscript. Author names and Funding information should be removed and can be re-added later in the peer review process.

Protect a document with Restrict Editing Select the Review tab and click Restrict Editing. Check the box under Editing Restrictions and choose No Changes (Read Only).

Save a copy of the document. Then in Word, use the EndNote tab and click on "Convert Citations and Bibliography" and select "Convert to Plain text" This will remove the EndNote encoding but leave the citations and bibliography as you see them.