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

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal).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 This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief.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.>.