Retraction notice to "Bio-inspired based meta-heuristic approach for predicting the strength of fiber-reinforced based strain hardening cementitious composites" [Heliyon 9 (2023) e21601].

Yasar Khan, Adeel Zafar, Muhammad Faisal Rehman, Muhammad Faisal Javed, Bawar Iftikhar, Yaser Gamil

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Article in Heliyon, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

Retraction of
Bio-inspired based meta-heuristic approach for predicting the strength of fiber-reinforced based strain hardening cementitious composites.2023

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yasar KhanDepartment of Structural Engineering, Military College of Engineering (MCE), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.

Adeel ZafarDepartment of Structural Engineering, Military College of Engineering (MCE), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.

Muhammad Faisal RehmanUniversity of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan.

Muhammad Faisal JavedDepartment of Civil Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, 22060, Pakistan.

Bawar IftikharDepartment of Civil Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, 22060, Pakistan.

Yaser GamilDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21601.].

Identifiers

PMID40201505

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43082

PMCPMC11948542

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