Retraction notice to “Experimental investigation of the rheological behaviors of bitumen and stone matrix asphalt mixtures using waste material” Constr. Build. Mater. 365 (2023) 130003 (Construction and Building Materials (2023) 365, (S0950061822036595), (10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.130003))

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. An investigation identified violations of the journal's policies on authorship and conflict of interest related to the submission and review of this paper. Authorship changes were made after submission. Five authors were added to the paper at the revision stage (Jing Luo, Qian Li, Masood Ashraf Al, As'ad Alizadeh, Amir Raise). Four further authors were added to the paper at the second revision stage (Abdulrhman Fahmi Alali, Sattam Fahad Almojil, Abdulaziz Ibrahim Almohana, Khaled Twfiq Almoalimi). In addition, the Corresponding Author of the paper changed after submission, with the Corresponding Author of the first submission being removed from the paper's authorship list at the first revision stage. These changes were made without validation or authorisation. This breached the journal's policy on authorship. Additionally, acceptance of the article was partly based upon the positive advice of 2 reviewers who were linked with the original Corresponding Author of the paper. One of the Authors responded to requests for clarification on these points, but those explanations did not satisfactorily address the concerns. As such and due to the nature of the irregularities uncovered, the Editor has lost confidence in the validity/integrity and findings of the article and decided to retract the article. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers. The Authors do not agree with the decision to retract the paper and dispute the grounds for it.