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. 2025 Feb 25;22(3):e70236. doi: 10.1111/iwj.70236

RETRACTION: Effects of Breathing Exercise Techniques on the Pain and Anxiety of Burn Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

PMCID: PMC11858663  PMID: 40000238

Abstract

RETRACTION: Miri S., Hosseini S. J., Takasi P., Mollaei A., Firooz M., Falakdami A., Osuji J., Vajargah P. G., and Karkhah S., “Effects of Breathing Exercise Techniques on the Pain and Anxiety of Burn Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 6 (2023): 2360–2375, 10.1111/iwj.14057.

The above article, published online on 20 December 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party reported to the journal that they had found evidence of excessive self‐citations in the reference list of this article. The publisher confirmed multiple instances of redundant self‐citations. Upon further investigation, the publisher also concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In view of the clear evidence of compromised peer review, the parties agreed that the paper must be retracted. The authors disagree with the retraction.


RETRACTION: Miri S., Hosseini S. J., Takasi P., Mollaei A., Firooz M., Falakdami A., Osuji J., Vajargah P. G., and Karkhah S., “Effects of Breathing Exercise Techniques on the Pain and Anxiety of Burn Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 6 (2023): 2360–2375, 10.1111/iwj.14057.

The above article, published online on 20 December 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party reported to the journal that they had found evidence of excessive self‐citations in the reference list of this article. The publisher confirmed multiple instances of redundant self‐citations. Upon further investigation, the publisher also concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In view of the clear evidence of compromised peer review, the parties agreed that the paper must be retracted. The authors disagree with the retraction.


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