The PLOS One Editors retract this article [1,2] 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.
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Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Retraction: Gastrointestinal tract disorders classification using ensemble of InceptionNet and proposed GITNet based deep feature with ant colony optimization. PLoS One 21(4): e0346404. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346404
Published: April 3, 2026
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