# RETRACTION: Traditional Chinese Medicine Qingre Huoxue Decoction Enhances Wound Healing in Through Modulation of Angiogenic and Inflammatory Pathways

## TL;DR

A paper claiming that a Traditional Chinese Medicine improves wound healing was retracted due to flawed peer review and other issues.

## Contribution

The paper's retraction highlights issues with peer review integrity and data consistency in scientific publishing.

## Key findings

- The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- Irrelevant citations and inconsistencies in experimental timelines were identified.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiW.
,
ChenY.
,
CaiZ.
,
HeX.
,
YangL.
,
ZhuJ.
, and
WangW.
, “Traditional Chinese Medicine Qingre Huoxue Decoction Enhances Wound Healing in Through Modulation of Angiogenic and Inflammatory Pathways,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 3 (2024): e14724, 10.1111/iwj.14724.38439195
PMC10912365

The above article, published online on 04 March 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, further investigation by the publisher found that some citations were irrelevant and did not adequately support the conclusions presented in this article. The investigation also found an inconsistency between the dates of sample collection and euthanasia of research subjects. In view of the clear evidence of compromised peer review, the parties agreed that the paper must be retracted. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.