# RETRACTION: Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers With External Application of Chinese Herbal Medicine: An Overview of Overlapping Systematic Reviews

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to review Chinese herbal treatments for diabetic foot ulcers but was found to have used a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a fraudulent peer review process and does not present new or valid scientific contributions.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiangX.
,
XiaY.
,
XuZ.
,
ZengQ.
,
GaoG.
,
HeJ.
,
XuD.
, “Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers With External Application of Chinese Herbal Medicine: An Overview of Overlapping Systematic Reviews,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14563, 10.1111/iwj.14563.38135909
PMC10961878

The above article, published online on 22 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.