# RETRACTION: Reliability of Evidence Supporting the Role of Electrical Stimulation in the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70629 · International Wound Journal · 2025-04-21

## TL;DR

This retraction notice states that a paper on electrical stimulation for pressure ulcers was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's retraction highlights issues with the peer review process and the reliability of its findings.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal's Editor in Chief and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

QinX.
, 
ShenH.
, 
ChenR.
, 
YeR.
, and 
HuC.
, “Reliability of Evidence Supporting the Role of Electrical Stimulation in the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14620, 10.1111/iwj.14620.

The above article, published online on 31 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Pressure Ulcers (MESH:D003668)

## Full text

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