RETRACTED ARTICLE: Estimation of swelling characteristics of expansive soils with influence of clay mineralogy

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This article has been retracted from publication in the Taylor & Francis journal, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science.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Issue titled “Envisage Computer Modelling and Statistics for Agriculture”, guest edited by Gunasekaran Manogaran was not peer-reviewed appropriately, in line with the Journal's peer review standards and policy.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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Kundan Meshram

Kundan Meshram is formerly research scholar in Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (M.P.) India. His research focuses on Pavement Material Characterization, Pavement Performance and Maintenance, Transportation Geotechnics, Ground Improvement, Granular Pile.

Nitu Singh

Nitu Singh is formerly research scholar in Physics Department, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (M.P.) India. He is active in the research area of Nanoscience applications.

P. K. Jain

P. K. Jain is working as Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (M.P.) India. His research interests are Ground Improvement Techniques and Stone Column.