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Retraction

RETRACTED: Muniba; Yu, B. Does Innovative City Pilot Policy Stimulate the Chinese Regional Innovation: An Application of DID Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1245

School of Insurance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, China
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2025, 22(7), 1127; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071127
Submission received: 8 July 2025 / Accepted: 9 July 2025 / Published: 17 July 2025
The journal retracts the article “Does Innovative City Pilot Policy Stimulate the Chinese Regional Innovation: An Application of DID Model” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding an overlap between this publication [1] and a published manuscript [2] produced by a different author group.
Adhering to our complaints procedure, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board conducted an investigation that confirmed a significant overlap between these two articles [1,2], without appropriate acknowledgment. As a result, the Editorial Board have decided to retract this paper as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Baorong Yu agrees to this retraction. Muniba disagrees to this retraction.

References

  1. Muniba; Yu, B. RETRACTED: Does Innovative City Pilot Policy Stimulate the Chinese Regional Innovation: An Application of DID Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1245. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  2. Yang, H.; Wang, C.; Wang, G. Convergence or dispersion? The impact of China’s innovative city pilot policy on regional innovation differences. PLoS ONE 2023, 18, e0281685. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Muniba; Yu, B. RETRACTED: Muniba; Yu, B. Does Innovative City Pilot Policy Stimulate the Chinese Regional Innovation: An Application of DID Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1245. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2025, 22, 1127. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071127

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Muniba, Yu B. RETRACTED: Muniba; Yu, B. Does Innovative City Pilot Policy Stimulate the Chinese Regional Innovation: An Application of DID Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1245. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2025; 22(7):1127. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071127

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Muniba, and Baorong Yu. 2025. "RETRACTED: Muniba; Yu, B. Does Innovative City Pilot Policy Stimulate the Chinese Regional Innovation: An Application of DID Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1245" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 22, no. 7: 1127. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071127

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Muniba, & Yu, B. (2025). RETRACTED: Muniba; Yu, B. Does Innovative City Pilot Policy Stimulate the Chinese Regional Innovation: An Application of DID Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1245. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(7), 1127. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071127

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