Statement of Retraction

This article refers to:

Environmental Indicators and Energy Outcomes: Evidence From the World Bank’s Classification Countries

Article title: Environmental Indicators and Energy Outcomes: Evidence from World Bank’s Classification Countries

Authors: Muhammad Azhar Khan, Muhammad Zahir Khan, Khalid Zaman & Faiza Sajjad

Journal: International Journal of Green Energy

Bibliometrics: Posted as an Author’s Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2014.884500

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

We, the Editor-in-Chief and Publishers of the International Journal of Green Energy, are retracting the above-named article.

We are now cognizant of the falsification of author-nominated referees by Dr Khalid Zaman, which misled the Editor-in-Chief into accepting this article based upon the positive feedback of the three preferred reviewers.

This action constitutes a breach of warranties made by the authors with respect to the peer review process and of our policy on publishing ethics and integrity. We note we received, peer-reviewed, accepted, and published the article in good faith based on these warranties, and censure this action.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as retracted.