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01-12-2015 | Retraction Note
Retraction Note: Comparison of the sagittal profiles among thoracic idiopathic scoliosis patients with different Cobb angles and growth potentials
Authors:
Bo Ran, Guo-you Zhang, Feng Shen, Jia-yu Chen, Ji-bin Wu, Feng-chao Zhao, Kai-jin Guo, Dun-yi Qi, Bing Zhou, Xiang-yang Chen, Xin-zhu Zhang, Yue-hua Qiao, Ming Li
Published in:
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
The Publisher and Editor regretfully retract this article [
1] because the peer-review process was inappropriately influenced and compromised. As a result, the scientific integrity of the article cannot be guaranteed. A systematic and detailed investigation suggests that a third party was involved in supplying fabricated details of potential peer reviewers for a large number of manuscripts submitted to different journals. In accordance with recommendations from
COPE we have retracted all affected published articles, including this one. It was not possible to determine beyond doubt that the authors of this particular article were aware of any third party attempts to manipulate peer review of their manuscript. …
