The PLOS ONE Editors retract this article [1] because it was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about potential manipulation of the publication process. These concerns call into question the validity and provenance of the reported results. We regret that the issues were not identified prior to the article’s publication.
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- 1. Chen Y (2023) GIS-statically-based modelling the groundwater quality assessment coupled with soil and terrain attributes data. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0292680. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292680 pmid:38033022
Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2024) Retraction: GIS-statically-based modelling the groundwater quality assessment coupled with soil and terrain attributes data. PLoS ONE 19(10): e0312330. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312330
Published: October 14, 2024
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