RETRACTION: Effect of Hydrogen Sulphide on Inflammatory Factors of the Mitochondria After Limb Ischaemia‐Reperfusion Injury in Rats

TL;DR

This retracted study claimed to investigate how hydrogen sulphide affects mitochondrial inflammation in rats after limb injury, but it was found to have issues with peer review and incomplete ethical approval.

Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review and incomplete ethical approval for animal experiments.

Findings

The article was accepted based on a compromised peer review process.

Incomplete ethical approval information was provided for the animal experiments.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

Abstract

RETRACTION: J. Fu, X.H. Cheng, and L. Zhang, “Effect of Hydrogen Sulphide on Inflammatory Factors of the Mitochondria After Limb Ischaemia‐Reperfusion Injury in Rats,” International Wound Journal
16, no. 3 (2019): 595–600, 10.1111/iwj.13068.30693651
PMC7948542

The above article, published online on 28 January 2019, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 the authors provided incomplete ethical approval information for animal experiments performed in the study. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.