RETRACTED: Raza et al. Mechanical, Durability, and Microstructural Evaluation of Coal Ash Incorporated Recycled Aggregate Concrete: An Application of Waste Effluents for Sustainable Construction. Buildings 2022, 12, 1715

The journal retracts the article titled “Mechanical, Durability, and Microstructural Evaluation of Coal Ash Incorporated Recycled Aggregate Concrete: An Application of Waste Effluents for Sustainable Construction” [1], cited above.

Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding inappropriate image modification and duplication between this publication [1] and previously published articles [2,3] by a different authorship group.

Adhering to our standard procedure, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board conducted an investigation that confirmed overlap of images between Figure 2 published in [1] and Figure 5 from [2], between sub-image 13b in [1] and 11f in [2], as well as between sub-images 11b, 12b and 13b published in [1] and sub-images 9f, 9a and 9c from [3], without appropriate referencing or permission.

Following discussions, the authors were unable to satisfactorily explain the above-mentioned concerns. Consequently, the Editorial Board has lost confidence in the reliability of the findings and decided to retract this publication [1], as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).

This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the Buildings journal.

The authors did not agree to this retraction.