Retraction notice to "Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: An updated microbiological review" [Chemosphere 328 (2023) 138498]

Aswin Thacharodi; Saqib Hassan; Tripti Singh; Ramkrishna Mandal; Jeganathan Chinnadurai; Hilal Ahmad Khan; Mir Ashiq Hussain; Kathirvel Brindhadevi; Arivalagan Pugazhendhi

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143868

Retraction notice to "Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: An updated microbiological review" [Chemosphere 328 (2023) 138498]

Chemosphere. 2024 Dec 28:143868. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143868. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Aswin Thacharodi¹, Saqib Hassan², Tripti Singh³, Ramkrishna Mandal⁴, Jeganathan Chinnadurai⁵, Hilal Ahmad Khan⁶, Mir Ashiq Hussain⁶, Kathirvel Brindhadevi⁷, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.
² Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, 110029, India; Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India.
³ Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201309, India.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.
⁵ Department of Research and Development, Dr. Thacharodi's Laboratories, No. 24, 5th Cross, Thanthaiperiyar Nagar, Ellapillaichavadi, Puducherry, 605005, India.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India.
⁷ Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CFTR), Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
⁸ School of Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon; University Centre for Research & Development, Department of Civil Engineering, Chandigarh University, Mohali, 140103, India.

PMID: 39734153
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143868

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). < This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief. A journal-wide investigation by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team identified violations of the journal's policies on authorship and conflict of interest related to the submission and review of this paper. An authorship change was made during the revision of this paper; the author Kathirvel Brindhadevi was added to the revised paper without validation or authorisation and credited with preparing the original draft. Review of this submission was handled by Guest Editor Thamaraiselvi Kaliannan despite an extensive record of collaboration, including co-publication, with one of the paper co-authors (Arivalagan Pugazhendhi). Acceptance of the article was partly based upon the positive advice of reviewers who were closely linked to one of the authors (Pugazhendhi). This compromised the editorial process and breached the journal's policies. The authors disagree with this retraction and dispute the grounds for it.>.

Publication types

Retraction of Publication