RETRACTION: Perceived Stigmatisation and Reliability of Questionnaire in the Survivors With Burns Wound: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

RETRACTION: R. Farzan, S. J. Hosseini, M. Firooz, M. S. Tabarian, A. Jamshidbeigi, P. Samidoust, M. Sarafi, M. Z. Mahdiabadi, P. G. Vajargah, A. Mollaei, S. Karkhah, P. Takasi, A. Parvizi, S. Haddadi, “ Perceived Stigmatisation and Reliability of Questionnaire in the Survivors With Burns Wound: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 8 (2023): 3391–3403, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14176.

The above article, published online on 04 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 confirmed multiple instances of redundant 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.