# 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This retracted paper was a systematic review on medical students' knowledge of burns first aid, but was withdrawn due to compromised peer review and excessive self-citations.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The paper aimed to analyze factors influencing medical students' knowledge of burn first aid, but was retracted due to academic misconduct.

## Key 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- The paper was retracted due to evidence of excessive self-citations.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The above article, published online on 04 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 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.