| RETRACTED: Size distribution and chemical composition of primary particles emitted during open biomass burning processes: Impacts on cloud condensation nuclei activation | Chen Li, Li Qing, Wu Di, Sun Hao, Wei Yaqi, Ding Xiang, Chen Hui, Cheng Tiantao, Chen Jianmin | Fudan University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Urban Environment | Cloud condensation nuclei, Aerosol, Chemistry… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.419 |
| RETRACTED: Heavy metal dissolution mechanisms from electrical industrial sludge | Gunarathne Viraj, Rajapaksha Anushka Upamali, Vithanage Meththika, Adassooriya Nadeesh, Cooray Asitha, Liyanage Sudantha, Athapattu Bandunee, Rajakaruna Nishanta, Igalavithana Avanthi Deshani, Hou Deyi, Alessi Daniel S, Ok Yong Sik | University of Sri Jayewardenepura; Wayamba University of Sri Lanka; Open University of Sri Lanka; California Polytechnic State University; North-West University; Korea University; Tsinghua University; University of Alberta | Chemistry, Nitric acid, Phosphoric acid… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133922 |
| RETRACTED: Biochar-induced metal immobilization and soil biogeochemical process: An integrated mechanistic approach | El-Naggar Ali, Lee Mi-Hee, Hur Jin, Lee Young Han, Igalavithana Avanthi Deshani, Shaheen Sabry M, Ryu Changkook, Rinklebe Jörg, Tsang Daniel C W, Ok Yong Sik | Ain Shams University; Korea University; Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Sejong University; Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services; Kafrelsheikh University; University of Wuppertal; King Abdulaziz University; Sungkyunkwan University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Biochar, Biogeochemical cycle, Environmental science… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134112 |
| RETRACTED: High daytime abundance of primary organic aerosols over Mt. Emei, Southwest China in summer | Zhao Yue, Ren Hong, Deng Junjun, Li Linjie, Hu Wei, Ren Lujie, Yue Siyao, Fan Yanbing, Wu Libin, Li Jie, Sun Yele, Wang Zifa, Akimoto Hajime, Zeng Xin, Cheng Yi, Kong Shaofei, Su Hang, Cheng Yafang, Kawamura Kimitaka, Fu Pingqing | Tianjin University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Atmospheric Physics; National Institute for Environmental Studies; China University of Geosciences; Max Planck Institute for Chemistry; Chubu University; Tianjin University of Technology | Levoglucosan, Daytime, Environmental chemistry… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134475 |
| RETRACTED: Light absorption of black carbon and brown carbon in winter in North China Plain: comparisons between urban and rural sites | Sun Jiaxing, Xie Conghui, Xu Weiqi, Chen Chun, Ma Nan, Xu Wanyun, Lei Lu, Li Zhijie, He Yao, Qiu Yanmei, Wang Qingqing, Pan Xiaole, Su Hang, Cheng Yafang, Wu Cheng, Fu Pingqing, Wang Zifa, Sun Yele | Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Atmospheric Physics; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences; Jinan University; Max Planck Institute for Chemistry; Tianjin University; Institute of Urban Environment | Carbon black, Beijing, Absorption (acoustics)… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144821 |
| RETRACTED: PM emissions - assessment of combustion energy transfer with Schizochytrium sp. algal biodiesel and blends in IC engine | Ge Shengbo, Pugazhendhi Arivalagan, Sekar Manigandan, Xia Changlei, Elfasakhany Ashraf, Brindhadevi Kathirvel, Whangchai Kanda | Nanjing Forestry University; Asia University; Maejo University; Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology; Taif University; Ton Duc Thang University; Saveetha University; Chiang Mai University | Diesel fuel, Biofuel, Biodiesel… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149750 |
| RETRACTED: Spatial distribution, partitioning, and ecological risk of short chain chlorinated paraffins in seawater and sediment from East China Sea | Hu Hongmei, Jin Hangbiao, Li Tiejun, Guo Yuanming, Wu Pengfei, Xu Kaida, Zhu Wenbin, Zhou Yanqiu, Zhao Meirong | Zhejiang Marine Fisheries Research Institute; Zhejiang University of Technology; Hong Kong Baptist University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Chlorinated paraffins, Sediment, Seawater… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151932 |
| RETRACTED: A review on magnetic sensors for monitoring of hazardous pollutants in water resources | Hojjati-Najafabadi Akbar, Mansoorianfar Mojtaba, Liang Tongxiang, Shahin Khashayar, Karimi-Maleh Hassan | Jiangxi University of Science and Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics; Institut Pasteur of Shanghai; University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; University of Johannesburg; Quchan University of Advanced Technology | Pollutant, Hazardous waste, Environmental science… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153844 |
| RETRACTED: Differences between VOCs and NOx transport contributions, their impacts on O3, and implications for O3 pollution mitigation based on CMAQ simulation over the Yangtze River Delta, China | Wang Yangjun, Jiang Sen, Huang Ling, Lu Guibin, Kasemsan Manomaiphiboon, Yaluk Elly Arukulem, Liu Hanqing, Liao Jiaqiang, Bian Jinting, Zhang Kun, Chen Hui, Li Li | Shanghai University; Shanghai University of Engineering Science; Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment; King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi | CMAQ, NOx, Apportionment… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162118 |
| RETRACTED: Do all algae grow faster in environments replenished by reclaimed water? Examples of two effluents produced in Beijing | Yan Han, Liu Jun-Han, Lu Yun, Wu Yin-Hu, Chen Zhuo, Hu Hong-Ying | State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control; Tsinghua University | Reclaimed water, Algae, Environmental science… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170784 |
| RETRACTED: Transition metal chalcogenides and phosphides for photocatalytic H2 generation via water splitting: a critical review | Muhammad Shahid, Tayyaba Najam, Mohamed H. Helal, Ismail Hossain, Salah M. El‐Bahy, Zeinhom M. El‐Bahy, Aziz ur Rehman, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Altaf Nazir | Islamia University of Bahawalpur; Shenzhen University; Northern Border University; Ural Federal University; Taif University; Al-Azhar University; National University of Sciences and Technology | Water splitting, Photocatalysis, Heteroatom… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.03.139 |
| RETRACTED: Exosomal MicroRNAs: Biomarkers of moyamoya disease and involvement in vascular cytoskeleton reconstruction | Wang Mengjie, Zhang Bin, Jin Feng, Li Genhua, Cui Changmeng, Feng Song | Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University; Tianjin Medical University; Qingdao University; Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University; Qingdao Municipal Hospital | Microvesicles, Moyamoya disease, microRNA… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32022 |
| RETRACTED: Tuning structural, magnetic, and dielectric properties in Ni-Zn ferrite nanoparticles via bismuth substitution: A comprehensive study | Saarthak Kharbanda, Preeti Thakur, Preeti Thakur, Rakesh Kumar, Atul Thakur | Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology; Himachal Pradesh University; Shiv Nadar University | Materials science, Bismuth ferrite, Dielectric… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.03.115 |
| RETRACTED: Mechanical behavior and load-bearing capacity of a layered pavement composite by coal slurry-fly ash-slag hardened body and concrete | Zhenghan Qin, Yong Yuan, Zhenyi Yan, Hailong Liu, Yong Li, Bowen Xue, Zhongshun Chen, Bo Li | China University of Mining and Technology | Composite number, Materials science, Composite material… | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2026.100848 |
| Long non-coding RNA MEG3 functions as a competing endogenous RNA of miR-93 to regulate bladder cancer progression via PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway | Fan Xinrong, Huang Houfeng, Ji Zhigang, Mao Quanzong | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Peking Union Medical College Hospital | MEG3, PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, Carcinogenesis… | https://doi.org/10.21037/tcr.2020.01.70 |
| RETRACTED ARTICLE: Constraints on dark matter in neutron stars from recent observations and mass correlation analysis | | Qinghai Normal University | Physics, Neutron star, Astrophysics… | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-026-04588-y |
| RETRACTED ARTICLE: Research on the digital transaction model of the sports industry chain based on blockchain technology | | | Blockchain, Database transaction, Chain (unit)… | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-10045-7 |
| RETRACTED: Evaluating Ecological Contributions of Tree Assemblages in Urban Expressway Interchange Landscapes: A Case Study from Nanjing, China | | Guangxi University; Jiangsu University; Purdue University West Lafayette | China, Geography, Ecology… | https://doi.org/10.3390/f16081355 |
| RETRACTED: The kinesin light chain‐2, a target of mRNA stabilizing protein HuR , inhibits p53 protein phosphorylation to promote radioresistance in NSCLC | Qiao Simiao, Jiang Yuhang, Li Na, Zhu Xiaoxia | Zhujiang Hospital; Southern Medical University | Radioresistance, Kinesin, Phosphorylation… | https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.14886 |
| Exosomal CD44 Transmits Lymph Node Metastatic Capacity Between Gastric Cancer Cells via YAP-CPT1A-Mediated FAO Reprogramming | Wang Mei, Yu Wanjun, Cao Xiaoli, Gu Hongbing, Huang Jiaying, Wu Chen, Wang Lin, Sha Xin, Shen Bo, Wang Ting, Yao Yongliang, Zhu Wei, Huang Feng | Jiangsu University; Nantong University; Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University; Jiangsu Cancer Hospital; Nanjing Medical University; First People's Hospital of Kunshan; Yunnan Maternal and Child Health | Microvesicles, Exosome, CD44… | https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.860175 |
| RETRACTED ARTICLE: Long non-coding RNA MEG3 attends to morphine-mediated autophagy of HT22 cells through modulating ERK pathway | Gao Shuibo, Li Enyao, Gao Haixia | First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University; Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University | MEG3, Autophagy, Morphine… | https://doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2019.1651343 |
| RETRACTED ARTICLE: Astrocyte-derived MMP-9 is a key mediator of pseudorabies virus penetration of the blood–brain barrier and tight junction disruption | Zhang Ying, Shu Xianghua, Zhang Ying, Song Chunlian, Wu Yi, Cui Kesi, Zhang Xue, Sun Yalong, Shen Hong, Wei Qianfei, Li Jianqin, Shu Yue | Yunnan Agricultural University; Auburn University | Blood–brain barrier, Biology, Mediator… | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-025-01486-z |
| Corrigendum: Exosomal CD44 transmits lymph node metastatic capacity between gastric cancer cells via YAP-CPT1A-mediated FAO reprogramming | Wang Mei, Yu Wanjun, Cao Xiaoli, Gu Hongbing, Huang Jiaying, Wu Chen, Wang Lin, Sha Xin, Shen Bo, Wang Ting, Yao Yongliang, Zhu Wei, Huang Feng | Jiangsu University; Nantong University; Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University; Jiangsu Cancer Hospital; Nanjing Medical University; First People's Hospital of Kunshan; Yunnan Maternal and Child Health | Reprogramming, CD44, Cancer research… | https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1495349 |