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Editorial Note: Significant increase in eco-efficiency of China’s grain production from 2000 to 2022: Trend changes, typological evolution, and driving factors

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The PLOS One Editors issue this Editorial Note to inform readers that PLOS has concerns about the article’s [1] compliance with PLOS policy on Authorship, and that Reference 4 appears to be irrelevant to this article [1].

The corresponding author stated that Reference 4 was cited to provide mechanistic background for the broader assertion that ecological stresses can affect food production. The Editors do not consider this matter resolved.

Reference

  1. 1. Jin H, Han C. Significant increase in eco-efficiency of China’s grain production from 2000 to 2022: Trend changes, typological evolution, and driving factors. PLoS One. 2025;20(9):e0332740. pmid:40971727

Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Editorial Note: Significant increase in eco-efficiency of China’s grain production from 2000 to 2022: Trend changes, typological evolution, and driving factors. PLoS One 21(9): e0359242. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0359242

Published: September 28, 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.