# RETRACTION: Evaluating the Efficacy of Recombinant Human Growth Factors in Scar Remodelling for Patients With Facial Soft Tissue Injuries

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to evaluate recombinant human growth factors for facial scar treatment but was accepted due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings and conclusions are invalid due to a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a flawed peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The study's results and claims cannot be trusted.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhangB.
,
HeZ.
,
ZhaoH.
,
GaoH.
,
ZhangZ.
,
GaoZ.
, and
KeK.
, “Evaluating the Efficacy of Recombinant Human Growth Factors in Scar Remodelling for Patients With Facial Soft Tissue Injuries,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14649, 10.1111/iwj.14649.38272796
PMC10789918

The above article, published online on 15 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.