We, the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Historical Biology, have retracted the following article:
Zhou, X., Jin, J., You, J., Feng, Q., Luo, Z., & Wang, J. 2022. Characteristics and environmental significance of late carboniferous brachiopods within the Qijiagou Area, Southern Margin of the Junggar Basin. Hist Biol. 34(4):713-721. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2021.1944131
Following publication, the journal was made aware of issues about the integrity of the study and reported findings.
An investigation by the Taylor & Francis Publishing Ethics & Integrity team in full cooperation with the Editor-in-Chief concluded that the article was not peer-reviewed appropriately, in line with the Journal’s peer review standards and policy.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-in-Chief and Publisher have decided to retract the article.
The authors have been informed of this decision.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.