We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, have retracted the following article:
Salehi, B., M. Dimitrijević, A. Aleksić, K. Neffe-Skocińska, D. Zielińska, D. Kołożyn-Krajewska, J. Sharifi-Rad, Z. Stojanović-Radić, S. Milton Prabu, C.F. Rodrigues, and N. Martins. 2021. Human microbiome and homeostasis: Insights into the key role of prebiotics, probiotics, and symbiotics. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 61 (9):1415–1428. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1760202
The above article has been retracted due to significant overlap in content with the following previously published papers:
Olveira, G. and I. González-Molero. 2016. An update on probiotics, prebiotics and symbiotics in clinical nutrition. Endocrinol Nutr 63 (9):482–494. doi: 10.1016/J.ENDOEN.2016.10.011
Knight, R., C. Callewaert, C. Marotz, E.R. Hyde, J.W. Debelius, D. McDonald, and M.L. Sogin. 2017. The Microbiome and Human Biology. Annu. Rev. Genom. Hum. Genet. 18:65–86. doi: 10.1146/annurevgenom-083115-022438
Lloyd-Price, J., G. Abu-Ali, and C. Huttenhower. 2016. The healthy human microbiome. Genome Medicine 8:51. doi: 10.1186/s13073-016-0307-y
As this represents a breach of publishing ethics and of warranties made by the authors with respect to originality and provenance, we are retracting the article.
Although not all authors were responsible for the overlap in content, they have all agreed to the retraction of this article to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record. The authors would like to apologize for their poor judgment when preparing and submitting the article.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.