RETRACTED ARTICLE: Architectural planning of agricultural production bases in the suburbs of the city based on the concept of circular economy

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This article has been retracted from publication in the Taylor & Francis journal, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science.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Issue titled “Envisage Computer Modelling and Statistics for Agriculture”, guest edited by Gunasekaran Manogaran was not peer-reviewed appropriately, in line with the Journal's peer review standards and policy.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

Wenjian Zhu is a lecturer and the deputy head of Department of Urban Planning at School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University. He received his Master of Architecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and PhD at the University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on public housing and urban sustainability. He is the Registered Architect of China, and member of Architectural Society of China, Geographical Society of China, and Urban Planning Society of China. As an architect and urban planner, he won the several design competitions.