TY - JOUR
T1 - Retraction notice to “Career in radiology; the Ghanaian clinical medical student's perception” [Heliyon 8 (2022) e12603] ( (****) ** (***–***), (S2405844022038919), (10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12603))
AU - Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam
AU - Kobina Mesi Edzie, Emmanuel
AU - Brakohiapa, Edmund Kwakye
AU - Gorleku, Philip Narteh
AU - Amankwa, Adu Tutu
AU - Abdulai, Abubakari Bawah
AU - Yabasin, Iddrisu Baba
AU - Kekessie, Kafui Kossi
AU - Idun, Ewurama Andam
AU - Ntiamoah-Koufie, Caroline Emmanuella
AU - Acheampong, Franklin
AU - Oppong, Bright
AU - Quarshie, Frank
AU - Kusodzi, Henry
AU - Asemah, Abdul Raman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 The Author(s)
PY - 2025/4
Y1 - 2025/4
N2 - This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Post-publication an investigation conducted on behalf of the journal by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team discovered suspicious changes in authorship between the original submission and the revised version of this paper. During post-acceptance, the author Maomao Lu was added to the paper and two authors were removed from the paper. These changes were made without explanation and without exceptional approval by the journal editor, which is contrary to the journal policy on changes to authorship. The Editor reached out to the authors for an explanation, but they failed to provide a satisfactory explanation to these changes. The Editor has determined that the authorship and the findings of the article cannot be relied upon and has decided to retract the article. The authors disagree with the retraction of the article and dispute the grounds for it.
AB - This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Post-publication an investigation conducted on behalf of the journal by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team discovered suspicious changes in authorship between the original submission and the revised version of this paper. During post-acceptance, the author Maomao Lu was added to the paper and two authors were removed from the paper. These changes were made without explanation and without exceptional approval by the journal editor, which is contrary to the journal policy on changes to authorship. The Editor reached out to the authors for an explanation, but they failed to provide a satisfactory explanation to these changes. The Editor has determined that the authorship and the findings of the article cannot be relied upon and has decided to retract the article. The authors disagree with the retraction of the article and dispute the grounds for it.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105001837636
U2 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43281
DO - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43281
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:105001837636
SN - 2405-8440
VL - 11
JO - Heliyon
JF - Heliyon
IS - 9
M1 - e43281
ER -