Retraction notice to ‘Drying shrinkage and creep properties of prepacked aggregate concrete reinforced with waste polypropylene fibers’ (Journal of Building Engineering (2020) 32, (S2352710220314716), (10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101522))

Fahed Alrshoudi, Hossein Mohammadhosseini, Mahmood Md Tahir, Rayed Alyousef, Hussam Alghamdi, Yousef Alharbi, Abdulaziz Alsaif

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). This paper was retracted at the request of the editor-in-chief. The editors no longer have confidence in the data presented in the paper. Following a whistle-blower complaint, an investigation indicated extensive reuse of images in the following papers; all are being retracted. A: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102826 B: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101250 C: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2018.07.013 D: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.101003 E: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101522 In each instance, the same image is reported representing a different material mix design or treatment. Specifically: SEM images shown in Figures 12, 15, 9, 8 and 7 of papers labelled A, B, C, D and E, respectively, are identical despite the papers reporting different materials and treatments. SEM images shown in Figures 17 and 10 in papers B and C, respectively, are identical despite different treatments being reported. XRD results shown in Figures 11 and 13 in papers A and C, respectively, are identical despite different materials being reported. The corresponding author denied the duplication.

Original languageEnglish
Article number111436
JournalJournal of Building Engineering
Volume100
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Apr 2025

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