We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, have retracted the following article:
Eommolbanin Ebrahimi, Amir Ahmad Khandaghi, Fereshteh Valipour, Soraia Babaie, Fatemeh Asghari, Soheila Motaali, Elham Abbasi, Abolfazl Akbarzadeh & Soodabeh Davaran (2016) In vitro study and characterization of doxorubicin-loaded magnetic nanoparticles modified with biodegradable copolymers. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 44(2), 550–558, DOI: 10.3109/21691401.2014.968822
Since publication, a reader alerted the Publisher that Figures 6, 7 and 8 had been previously published in in Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology and other journals, specifically:
Figures 6, 7 and 8 appears to have been duplicated with Figures 5, 6 and 7, respectively, from Ebrahimi et al., 2014 (https://doi.org/10.3109/21691401.2014.944646).
Figure 7 appears to have been duplicated with Figure 11 from Akbarzadeh et al., 2011 (https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S24326).
The reused images have been described as originating from a new study with no reference to the previous studies. We contacted the corresponding authors, and they acknowledged the similarities in the data published. As this error directly impacts the reported results and conclusions, the Editor and Publisher have agreed to retract the article to ensure correction of the scholarly record. The corresponding author has been informed.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.