Change history
12/8/2025
This article was retracted on 8 December 2025.
Retraction of: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-025-19006-6, published online 29 September 2025
The Editors have retracted and removed this publication. Concerns were raised regarding the use of images of minors from a non-curated dataset. The dataset is reported to contain images of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the images appear to have been collected from the internet without any documented clinical history or confirmation of an actual ASD diagnosis. Additionally, there is no documented ethical oversight, or consent of the children included in the dataset or their parents and legal guardians.
In light of these ethical concerns and the reliance on unverifiable data, the Editors no longer have confidence in the reliability of this Article.
Author Rami S. Alkhawaldeh has stated that the authors disagree with this retraction.