Retraction to: A Mn(II)-based coordination polymer: Treatment activity on cerebral infarction by reducing inflammatory response via regulating hs-CRP expression
Fang Yang, Jing Wang and Pei-Lan Zhang
IOS Press has retracted the following content of its online content:
[Main Group Chemistry, 20(2), pp. 165-173, 2021, DOI: 10.3233/MGC-210022]
The Editor-in-Chief was contacted by readers about the allegation of improper citations in the article. Investigation by the editorial office found that several references in the article do not support the results and, in some cases, do not relate to the content of the article, as found by readers who shared their findings in PubPeer.
Additionally, it was found that Figure 2c appears to be reused from other articles without proper acknowledgment; hence it does not support the results as alleged in the paper.
The corresponding author informed the editorial office that the results in the paper could not be confirmed, and that the article should be retracted.