RETRACTION: Multi-objective Metaheuristic Optimization-based Clustering With Network Slicing Technique for Internet of Things-enabled Wireless Sensor Networks in 5G Systems

RETRACTION: B. G. Sheena, and N. Snehalatha, “ Multi-objective Metaheuristic Optimization-based Clustering With Network Slicing Technique for Internet of Things-enabled Wireless Sensor Networks in 5G Systems,” Trans Emerg Telecommun Technol 34, no. 8 (2023): e4626, 10.1002/ett.4626.

The above article, published online on 22 August 2022 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Changqiao Xu; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The article was submitted as part of a guest-edited special issue. Following publication, it has come to the attention of the journal that the article was accepted solely on the basis of compromised editorial handling and peer review processes. Furthermore, several articles, this one included, submitted as part of the same special issue exhibited an unusually high degree of similarity in both concept and style. Finally, some scientific statements in this manuscript are not sufficiently supported by references to the literature. Therefore, the decision to retract this article was taken.