RETRACTED ARTICLE: An analysis of gravity model based on the impact of China’s agricultural exports – a case study of western and Central Asia along the economic corridor

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This article has been retracted from publication in the Taylor & Francis journal, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science.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Issue titled “Envisage Computer Modelling and Statistics for Agriculture”, guest edited by Gunasekaran Manogaran was not peer-reviewed appropriately, in line with the Journal's peer review standards and policy.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

Kahaer Abula was born in Xinjiang, China in 1991. I am a PhD student in School of Economics and business, Xinjiang Agricultural University. My main learning experience is as follows: from 2010 to 2015, I studied at Xinjiang Agricultural University with a bachelor degree, majoring in agricultural and forestry economic management, and from 2015 to 2018, I studied at Xinjiang Agricultural University with a master's degree majoring in agricultural economic management. From September 2018 until now, I am a doctoral student. At Xinjiang Agricultural University, majoring in agricultural economic management.

Buwajian Abula

Buwajian Abula was born in Xinjiang, China in 1968. she has a doctorate in management and a post-doctoral research station in theoretical economics of Xinjiang University. She is a professor and doctoral supervisor, and a doctoral degree in agricultural economic management from the School of Economics and Management of China Agricultural University. she is currently a teacher in the School of Economics and business of Xinjiang Agricultural University, mainly engaged in teaching and research in international economics and trade, agricultural product markets and trade.