It has come to the attention of the publisher that the following article, Mishra A (2022), “Positive side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on environmental sustainability: evidence from the quadrilateral security dialogue countries”. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Vol. 33 No. 3 pp. 674-691, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-09-2021-0214, features one anomalous and two incorrect references:
Liu, T., Pan, B. and Yin, Z. (2020b), “Pandemic, mobile payment, and household consumption: micro-evidence from China”, Emerging Markets Finance Trade, Vol. 56 No. 10, pp. 2378-2389
Mishra, A. (2019), “Crude oil, stock market, and foreign exchange return volatility and spillover: a GARCH DCC analysis of Indian and Japanese financial market”, International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 25-46, doi: 10.1504/IJBIR.2019.101687
Wu, C.Y.H., Zaitchik, B.F., Swarup, S. and Gohlke, J.M. (2019), “Influence of the spatial resolution of the exposure estimate in determining the association between heat waves and adverse health outcomes”, Annals of the American Association Geographers, Vol. 109, pp. 875-886, doi: 10.1080/24694452.2018.1511411
The corrected references are as follows:
Twenge, J.M. and Joiner, T.E. (2020), “Mental distress among U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic”, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 76 No. 12, pp. 2170-2182, doi: 10.1002/jclp.23064
Wu, X., Nethery, R.C., Sabath, B.M., Braun, D. and Dominici, F. (2020), “Exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States: a nationwide cross-sectional study”, Science Advances, Vol. 6 No. 45, eabd4049
The author cooperated fully with this investigation and wishes to emphasize that they take full responsibility for these unintentional errors. Emerald's publishing ethics policies make it clear, however, that authors must be accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the work submitted, and bear full responsibility for checking the accuracy of references and must have consulted the works referenced to ensure their validity and alignment with the research being presented. The author sincerely apologizes to the readers of this article for these errors.
