Retraction of: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-024-84231-4, published online 02 January 2025
The Editors have retracted this Article.
After publication, concerns were raised about the relevance of citations 65–67 and the appropriateness of citations 29, 71–84 and 31–41, 44, 45, 47–64. Additional questions were raised around the Authors’ individual contribution to the Article. The Authors did not address the concerns and did not provide the original data underlying the figures and tables reported in the paper.
The Editors therefore have lost confidence in the integrity of this Article.
Aboulbaba Eladeb, Aman Sharma, Mohamed Bouzidi, Lioua Kolsi, and Elnaz Naderi Drehshori disagree with this retraction. Ali Basem did not explicitly state if they agree or disagree with the retraction. Prabhat Sharma did not respond to the Editors about this retraction. The Editors were not able to establish the current contact details for Aashim Dhawan.