The journal retracts the article, “Ultra-Sensitive Biosensor with Simultaneous Detection (of Cancer and Diabetes) and Analysis of Deformation Effects on Dielectric Rods in Optical Microstructure” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the publisher regarding an overlap between this article [1] and an earlier publication [2] produced by a different authorship group.
Adhering to our complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board Members, which confirmed a significant overlap between these two publications [1,2] without the appropriate acknowledgement or citation. As a result, the Editorial Board has decided to retract this publication [1], as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30, accessed on 7 October 2024).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Coatings.
Author Mika Sillanpaa stated that he was not aware of the issues at the time of the paper’s submission. The other authors did not provide a comment on this retraction.
References
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