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Expression of Concern

Expression of Concern: How innovation funding leads enterprises to engage in research and development: Small and medium enterprises’ perspective

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The PLOS One Editors issue this Expression of Concern for this article [1] because of concerns identified about the peer review process. Readers are advised to interpret the article [1] with caution. In following up on this matter, PLOS did not evaluate the article’s scientific validity.

The Editors have no evidence of any author involvement in the peer review concerns.

Reference

  1. 1. Sun H, Yang X, Tang X, Peng F. How innovation funding leads enterprises to engage in research and development: Small and medium enterprises’ perspective. PLoS One. 2023;18(7):e0289166. pmid:37490503

Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Expression of Concern: How innovation funding leads enterprises to engage in research and development: Small and medium enterprises’ perspective. PLoS One 21(6): e0352724. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0352724

Published: June 30, 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.