Abstract
This article has been retracted from publication in the Taylor & Francis journal, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science.
Following publication, concerns were raised by multiple third-parties around the content of the special issue and the decision-making process.
Following an investigation by the Taylor & Francis Publishing Ethics & Integrity team in full cooperation with the Editor-in-Chief, it was confirmed that this article included in Special Issue titled “Envisage Computer Modelling and Statistics for Agriculture”, guest edited by Gunasekaran Manogaran was not peer-reviewed appropriately, in line with the Journal's peer review standards and policy.
As the stringency of the peer review process is core to the integrity of the publication process, the Editor and Publisher have decided to retract all of the articles within the above-named Special Issue.
The journal has not confirmed if the authors were aware of this compromised peer review process.
The journal is committed to correcting the scientific record and will fully cooperate with any institutional investigations into this matter. The authors have been informed of this decision.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines.
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Aifeng Wang
Aifeng Wang, lecturer of Nanyang Institute of Technology, and graduated from Zhengzhou University. Research interests include architectural design and theoretical research, urban and rural settlements and traditional residential research, architectural culture and heritage protection. More than 10 papers published and 3 books published.
Dong Yan
Dong Yan, teacher of Nanyang Institute of Technology, and graduated from Zhengzhou University. Research interests include architectural design and theoretical research. More than 5 papers published.
Yiming He
Yiming He, teacher of Nanyang Institute of Technology, and graduated from Kunming University of science and technology. Research interests include architectural heritage protection. More than 5 papers published.
Sufang Liu
Sufang Liu, associate professor of Nanyang Institute of Technology, and graduated from Zhongnan University. Research interests include architectural design and theoretical research, rural community planning and development. More than 10 papers published and 3 books published.
Xiutao Yang
Xiutao Yang, senior engineer of Henan Provincial Communications Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd, and graduated from Changsha University of science and technology. Research interests in-clude road and bridge design. More than 5 papers published.
Bei Wang
Bei Wang, teacher of Zhengzhou Foreign Language School, and graduated from Zhengzhou University. Research interests include English teaching and translation. More than 10 papers published.