# RETRACTION: A Systematic Review of Health Care Workers' Knowledge and Related Factors towards Burn First Aid

## TL;DR

This paper was retracted due to excessive self-citations and a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted, indicating no valid new contribution.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to excessive self-citations.
- The peer review process was found to be compromised.
- The authors disagree with the retraction decision.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

YaraliM.
,
ParviziA.
,
VajargahP. G.
,
TamimiP.
,
MollaeiA.
,
KarkhahS.
,
FiroozM.
,
HosseiniS. J.
,
TakasiP.
,
FarzanR.
, and
HaddadiS.
, “A Systematic Review of Health Care Workers' Knowledge and Related Factors towards Burn First Aid,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 8 (2023): 3338–3348, 10.1111/iwj.14162.36950866
PMC10502269

The above article, published online on 23 March 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.