RETRACTION: Risk Predictions of Surgical Wound Complications Based on a Machine Learning Algorithm: A Systematic Review

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RETRACTION: H. Zhang, J. Zhao, R. Farzan, and H. A. Otaghvar, “ Risk Predictions of Surgical Wound Complications Based on a Machine Learning Algorithm: A Systematic Review,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 1 (2024): e14665, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14665.

The above article, published online on 23 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party reported to the journal that they had found evidence of excessive self-citations in the reference list of this article. The publisher did not confirm the evidence of excessive self-citations. Upon further investigation, the publisher also concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In view of the clear evidence of compromised peer review, the parties agreed that the paper must be retracted. The authors disagree with the retraction.