The journal retracts the article titled “Blockchain-Powered Healthcare Systems: Enhancing Scalability and Security with Hybrid Deep Learning” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding the integrity and originality of data published in [1].
In accordance with standard journal procedures, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board conducted an investigation that identified indications of dataset misrepresentation and image duplication between this article [1] and an early publication [2], produced by a different author and presenting different experimental conditions. The investigation also identified an inappropriate level of self-citation. Although the authors cooperated with the investigation, the explanations and supporting materials provided were not deemed sufficient by the Editorial Board to resolve the identified concerns. As a consequence, the Editorial Board has lost confidence in the reliability of the reported findings and has decided to retract this publication in accordance with MDPI’s retraction policy.
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the Sensors journal.
The authors have been informed of this retraction and have indicated their disagreement with this decision.
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