Expression of concern: How do artificial bacteria behave in magnetized nanofluid with variable thermal conductivity: application of tumor reduction and cancer cells destruction

The publisher is issuing an Expression of Concern for the following article, Elgazery, N.S., Elelamy, A.F., Bobescu, E. and Ellahi, R. (2022), “How do artificial bacteria behave in magnetized nanofluid with variable thermal conductivity: application of tumor reduction and cancer cells destruction”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 32 No. 9 pp. 2982-3006, doi: Link to How do artificial bacteria behave in magnetized nanofluid with variable thermal conductivity: application of tumor reduction and cancer cells destructionLink to the cited article. An investigation by the publisher identified the use of multiple tortured and unusual phrases, including “heat move” (heat transfer), “high-exactness” (high-resolution), “malignant growth” AND “cancer” (cancer), “medication conveyance” (drug delivery), and “polymerase chain response” (polymerase chain reaction). The article also features several nonsensical phrases. The authors cooperated with this investigation but failed to provide a satisfactory explanation to these concerns. Emerald’s publishing ethics policies make it clear that authors must be accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the work submitted. While the journal’s Editor-in-Chief still has confidence in the research and the article’s findings, theoretical contributions, and conclusions currently remain intact, the journal and publisher have, however, taken the decision to publish an Expression of Concern to alert readers to this issue and as trust in the content is central to the integrity of the publication process. This decision has been informed by Link to COPE’s guidelines on Expressions of ConcernCOPE’s guidelines on Expressions of Concern and Link to Emerald’s publishing ethics policiesEmerald’s publishing ethics policies. The authors of this article would like to note that they do not agree with the content of this notice, and wish to emphasize that the issues identified are confined to a limited number of textual expressions and that they do not affect the scientific validity or reliability of the published work; the authors further wish to highlight that scientific terminology is not static and may vary across publications, disciplines, and periods of publication. The publisher of the journal sincerely apologizes to the readers of this work.