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RETRACTION: A Systematic Review of Medical Science Students' Knowledge and Related Factors Towards Burns First Aids
TL;DR
This retracted paper was a systematic review on medical students' knowledge of burns first aid, but was withdrawn due to compromised peer review and excessive self-citations.
Contribution
The paper aimed to analyze factors influencing medical students' knowledge of burn first aid, but was retracted due to academic misconduct.
Findings
The paper was retracted due to evidence of excessive self-citations.
The peer review process was found to be compromised.
The authors disagree with the retraction decision.
Abstract
RETRACTION: OtaghvarH. A. , ParviziA. , VajargahP. G. , MollaeiA. , KarkhahS. , TakasiP. , HosseiniS. J. , FiroozM. , TabarianM. S. , JamshidbeigiA. , FarzanR. , and HaddadiS. , “A Systematic Review of Medical Science Students' Knowledge and Related Factors Towards Burns First Aids,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 8 (2024): 3380–3390, 10.1111/iwj.14174.PMC1050224337016249 The above article, published online on 04 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party reported to the journal that they had found evidence of excessive self‐citations in the reference list of this article. The publisher confirmed multiple instances of redundant self‐citations. Upon further investigation, the publisher also concluded that this…
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TopicsBurn Injury Management and Outcomes
RETRACTION:
H. A. Otaghvar , A. Parvizi , P. G. Vajargah , A. Mollaei , S. Karkhah , P. Takasi , S. J. Hosseini , M. Firooz , M. S. Tabarian , A. Jamshidbeigi , R. Farzan , and S. Haddadi , “A Systematic Review of Medical Science Students' Knowledge and Related Factors Towards Burns First Aids,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 8 (2024): 3380–3390, 10.1111/iwj.14174.PMC1050224337016249
The above article, published online on 04 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party reported to the journal that they had found evidence of excessive self‐citations in the reference list of this article. The publisher confirmed multiple instances of redundant self‐citations. Upon further investigation, the publisher also concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In view of the clear evidence of compromised peer review, the parties agreed that the paper must be retracted. The authors disagree with the retraction.