Retraction notice to “Machine-learning optimization of an innovative design of a Li-ion battery arrangement cooling system” [J. Energy Storage 58 (2023) 106331](S2352152X22023209)(10.1016/j.est.2022.106331)

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). Please note that an Expression of Concern has previously been published to alert readers to an ongoing investigation into this paper. This retraction supersedes the Expression of Concern. This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Post-publication, the Editor-in-Chief discovered suspicious changes in authorship between the original submission and the revised version of this paper. In summary, the authors' names Mohamed Boujelbene (New First Author), Rami Adel Pashameah, Raad Z. Homod and Eman Alzahrani were all added to the revised paper without exceptional approval by the journal Editor, which is contrary to the journal policy on changes to authorship. The authors failed to provide a satisfactory explanation to the changes. The Editor has determined that the paper should be retracted. The authors disagree with the retraction of the article and dispute the grounds for it.