The journal retracts the article titled, “Evaluating and Predicting Green Technology Innovation Efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt: Based on the Joint SBM Model and GM(1,N|λ,γ) Model” [1], cited above.
Following publication, the authors notified the Editorial Office that they had identified a technical error in the data processing script used in the study and requested the retraction of this article [1].
In accordance with the journal’s standard procedures, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office that confirmed that the script error compromised the reliability of the reported results. Consequently, the main findings and conclusions of the article are no longer supported by the data. Due to the impact of this error on the analysis and overall findings, the Editorial Board have decided to retract this article [1] as per MDPI’s retraction policy.
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the Sustainability journal.
The authors agreed to the retraction.
Reference
- Wang, J.; Xiong, P.; Wang, S.; Yuan, Z.; Shangguan, J. RETRACTED: Evaluating and Predicting Green Technology Innovation Efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt: Based on the Joint SBM Model and GM(1,N|λ,γ) Model. Sustainability 2025, 17, 6229. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Scilit]
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