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Retraction

Retraction: A deep facial recognition system using computational intelligent algorithms

  • The PLOS One Editors

The PLOS One Editors retract this article [1] due to concerns about:

  • The use of terminology that differs from standards in the field (e.g., ‘enormous information’ instead of ‘big data’).
  • The subsection 4.2 Fundamentals of transfer learning in section 4. Proposed facial recognition system appears similar in content to a previously-published article [2] that was not cited.
  • Compliance with PLOS policies on Data Availability.
  • Inconsistencies within the article regarding the source of datasets used in the study.

All authors either did not respond directly or could not be reached.

References

  1. 1. Salama AbdELminaam D, Almansori AM, Taha M, Badr E. RETRACTED: A deep facial recognition system using computational intelligent algorithms. PLoS One. 2020;15(12):e0242269. pmid:33270670
  2. 2. Wang S-H, Xie S, Chen X, Guttery DS, Tang C, Sun J, et al. Alcoholism Identification Based on an AlexNet Transfer Learning Model. Front Psychiatry. 2019;10:205. pmid:31031657

Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Retraction: A deep facial recognition system using computational intelligent algorithms. PLoS One 21(2): e0342725. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342725

Published: February 12, 2026

Copyright: © 2026 The PLOS One Editors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.