Retraction notice: Supply chain efficiency via knowledge management and blockchain adoption readiness

The publisher of Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management wishes to retract Samera Nazir, Saqib Mehmmod, Liu Junxia and Gao Rong's “Supply chain efficiency via knowledge management and blockchain adoption readiness.” Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 2025, https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-01-2025-0044. It has come to our attention that there are significant concerns regarding the authorship and the source of this article. The authors failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for these concerns. As part of the investigation, the authors were also requested to provide a copy of the dataset so that the editorial team could verify the findings; The authors failed to respond to this request with the full dataset. As a result, the findings of the article cannot be relied upon. The decision to retract has been informed by COPE's guidelines on retractions and Emerald's publishing ethics. Emerald's authorship policy guidelines make it clear that authorship is a fundamental aspect of transparency in the publication process and ensures accountability and responsibility for reported research. The publisher of the journal sincerely apologizes to the readers.