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RETRACTION: Treatment of Wound Infections Linked to Neurosurgical Implants
TL;DR
This retracted paper on treating wound infections from neurosurgical implants was found to have used a compromised peer review process and significant text overlap with another article.
Contribution
The paper was retracted due to ethical issues, not for any novel scientific contribution.
Findings
The article was accepted due to a compromised peer review process.
Significant textual overlap was found with a different article by other authors.
The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
Abstract
RETRACTION: WangY. , WangY. , S. WangS., Hou, YuD. , ZhangC. , ZhangL. , and LinN. , “Treatment of Wound Infections Linked to Neurosurgical Implants,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14528, 10.1111/iwj.14528.38098284 PMC10961032 The above article, published online on 14 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 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. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between this article and another article by different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the…
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Taxonomy
TopicsWound Healing and Treatments · Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques · Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
RETRACTION:
Y. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Wang, S. Hou, D. Yu , C. Zhang , L. Zhang , and N. Lin , “Treatment of Wound Infections Linked to Neurosurgical Implants,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14528, 10.1111/iwj.14528.38098284 PMC10961032
The above article, published online on 14 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 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. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between this article and another article by different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
Reference
[1] A. Conen , A. Raabe , K. Schaller , C. A. Fux , P. Vajkoczy , and A. Trampuz , “Management of Neurosurgical Implant‐Associated Infections,” World Neurosurg 150, no. 1718 (2020): w20208, 10.4414/smw.2020.20208.32329803