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RETRACTION: Vitamin D and Wound Healing: Assessing Skin Barrier Function and Implications for Chloasma Treatment

TL;DR
A paper on vitamin D's role in wound healing and chloasma treatment was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
Contribution
The paper's findings and conclusions are invalidated due to ethical issues in the peer review process.
Findings
The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a compromised peer review.
The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.
Abstract
RETRACTION: ChenQ. , LiuL. , and ZhangY. , “Vitamin D and Wound Healing: Assessing Skin Barrier Function and Implications for Chloasma Treatment,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 1 (2024): e14541, 10.1111/iwj.14541.38272820 PMC10789544 The above article, published online on 15 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/) and its correction (https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14893), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
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Taxonomy
TopicsDermatologic Treatments and Research · Body Contouring and Surgery · Wound Healing and Treatments
RETRACTION:
Q. Chen , L. Liu , and Y. Zhang , “Vitamin D and Wound Healing: Assessing Skin Barrier Function and Implications for Chloasma Treatment,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 1 (2024): e14541, 10.1111/iwj.14541.38272820 PMC10789544
The above article, published online on 15 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/) and its correction (https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14893), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
