Li S, Wang X. Int J Nanomedicine. 2017;12:5797–5804.
The Editor and Publisher of International Journal of Nanomedicine wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised regarding the alleged duplication of images in Figure 7 with the same images from other unrelated articles. Specifically,
Figure 7A, Liver appears to have been duplicated with the same image from Figure 5C, Liver from Zhou et al, 2017 (https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S146925) and Figure 4Bc from Li & Gong, 2016 (https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S113670).
Figure 7A, Spleen appears to have been duplicated with the same image from Figure 5B, Spleen from Zhou et al, 2017 (https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S146925).
Figure 7B, Spleen appears to have been duplicated with the same image from Figure 5C, Spleen from Zhou et al, 2017 (https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S146925).
The authors did not respond to our queries and no explanation for the alleged image duplication was provided. The Editor requested to retract the article and the authors were notified of this.
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The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.