The journal retracts the article titled “Characterizing the Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Behavior in Deep Fractured Formations Based on DDM and FVM” [1], cited above.
Following publication, the authors contacted the Editorial Office to raise concerns related to the unauthorized use of the content presented within this article.
Adhering to our standard procedure, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board conducted an investigation that confirmed a significant overlap between this article [1] and an unpublished scientific report authored by a different author, without appropriate permission or acknowledgement. As a result, the Editorial Office, Editorial Board, and authors have decided to retract this article in accordance with MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the Processes journal.
The authors agreed to this retraction.
Reference
- Wang, B.; Dong, J.; Zhou, P.; Kong, H.; Liu, K.; Ding, K.; Zheng, H. RETRACTED: Characterizing the Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Behavior in Deep Fractured Formations Based on DDM and FVM. Processes 2024, 12, 2469. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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