RETRACTION: A Meta‐Analysis of Interleukin‐6 as a Valid and Accurate Index in Diagnosing Early Neonatal Sepsis

TL;DR

This retraction notice states that a paper on using interleukin-6 to diagnose neonatal sepsis was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

Contribution

The paper's findings are invalidated due to a compromised peer review process.

Findings

The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a compromised peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

SunB.
,
LiangL.F.
,
LiJ.
,
YangD.
,
ZhaoX.B.
, and
ZhangK.G.
, “A Meta‐Analysis of Interleukin‐6 as a Valid and Accurate Index in Diagnosing Early Neonatal Sepsis,” International Wound Journal
16, no. 2 (2019): 527–533, 10.1111/iwj.13079.30734480
PMC7948874

The above article, published online on 7 February 2019, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.