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RETRACTED: Evaluation of the Environmental Performance of Traditional Leather Materials in Fashion Industry

E3S Web of Conferences 2023 2 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 30 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Soni Kumari, G. S Bapi Raju, Shivani Singh, Pradeep Kumar Chandra, Zahraa N. Salman, Gaurav Sethi

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This proceeding has been retracted due to citation manipulation and inappropriate references by one of the authors. The original paper evaluated the environmental performance of traditional leather materials in the fashion industry, but its findings should not be relied upon.

The Publisher has been made aware of ethical breaches affecting this proceeding published in E3S Web of Conferences, Volume 430 (2023) . These instances involve a specific author, K.K. Saxena who used citation manipulation and inappropriate references in 47 articles, for a total of 310 citations. We are extremely concerned by such malpractice which considerably impacts the image of our title and our Publisher’s reputation. See our publishing ethics policies . The Guest Editor of the proceedings volume endorsed the Publisher's decision to retract these articles. Web of Conferences is extremely grateful to the whistleblower for bringing this case to our attention. See the retraction notice E3S Web of Conferences 430 , 00002 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202443000002

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