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Retraction

Retraction: Investigation of the effectiveness of CFRP strengthening of concrete made with recycled waste PET fine plastic aggregate

  • The PLOS One Editors

The PLOS One Editors retract this article [1] due to 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.

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

Reference

  1. 1. Qaidi S, Al-Kamaki YSS, Al-Mahaidi R, Mohammed AS, Ahmed HU, Zaid O, et al. RETRACTED: Investigation of the effectiveness of CFRP strengthening of concrete made with recycled waste PET fine plastic aggregate. PLoS One. 2022;17(7):e0269664. pmid:35830388

Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Retraction: Investigation of the effectiveness of CFRP strengthening of concrete made with recycled waste PET fine plastic aggregate. PLoS One 21(4): e0346319. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346319

Published: April 6, 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.