RETRACTED: Masood et al. Exploring Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Geostatistical and Integrated Water Quality Indices Perspective. Water 2024, 16, 138
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Muhammad Umer Masood
1, 
Muhammad Rashid
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Saif Haider
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Iram Naz
2,3,
Chaitanya B. Pande
3,4,5,*,
Salim Heddam
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Fahad Alshehri
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Ismail Elkhrachy
7,
Amimul Ahsan
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Saad Sh. Sammen
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Geological Engineering Department, Montana Technological University, Butte, MT 59701, USA
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Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan
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Abdullah Alrushaid Chair for Earth Science Remote Sensing Research, Geology and Geophysics Department, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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New Era and Development in Civil Engineering Research Group, Scientific Research Center, Al-Ayen University, Nasiriyah 64001, Thi-Qar, Iraq
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Institute of Energy Infrastructure, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang 43000, Malaysia
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Faculty of Science, Agronomy Department, Hydraulics Division, University 20 Août 1955 Skikda, Route EL HADAIK, BP 26, Skikda 21000, Algeria
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Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Najran University, King Abdulaziz Road, Najran 66454, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Gazipur 1704, Bangladesh
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Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia
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Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Diyala, Baqubah 10047, Diyala Governorate, Iraq
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Water 2024, 16(9), 1195; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16091195
Submission received: 11 April 2024
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Accepted: 14 April 2024
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Published: 23 April 2024
The Water Editorial Office retracts the article “Exploring Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Geostatistical and Integrated Water Quality Indices Perspective” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding an overlap between this article [1] and a previously published article [2] originating from a different authorship group.
Adhering to our complaint’s procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board that confirmed a significant overlap, which included Figures 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 and Tables 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, without appropriate citations. As a result, the Editorial Office, Editorial Board, Guest Editor and authors have decided to retract this article [1] as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30, accessed on 13 April 2024) and in line with the Committee on Publication Ethics retraction guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines, 13 April 2024).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Water.
The authors agree to this retraction.
References
- Masood, M.U.; Rashid, M.; Haider, S.; Naz, I.; Pande, C.B.; Heddam, S.; Alshehri, F.; Elkhrachy, I.; Ahsan, A.; Sammen, S.S. RETRACTED: Exploring Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Geostatistical and Integrated Water Quality Indices Perspective. Water 2024, 16, 138. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Naz, I.; Ahmad, I.; Aslam, R.W.; Quddoos, A.; Yaseen, A. Integrated Assessment and Geostatistical Evaluation of Groundwater Quality through Water Quality Indices. Water 2024, 16, 63. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Masood, M.U.; Rashid, M.; Haider, S.; Naz, I.; Pande, C.B.; Heddam, S.; Alshehri, F.; Elkhrachy, I.; Ahsan, A.; Sammen, S.S. RETRACTED: Masood et al. Exploring Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Geostatistical and Integrated Water Quality Indices Perspective. Water 2024, 16, 138. Water 2024, 16, 1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16091195
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Masood MU, Rashid M, Haider S, Naz I, Pande CB, Heddam S, Alshehri F, Elkhrachy I, Ahsan A, Sammen SS. RETRACTED: Masood et al. Exploring Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Geostatistical and Integrated Water Quality Indices Perspective. Water 2024, 16, 138. Water. 2024; 16(9):1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16091195
Chicago/Turabian StyleMasood, Muhammad Umer, Muhammad Rashid, Saif Haider, Iram Naz, Chaitanya B. Pande, Salim Heddam, Fahad Alshehri, Ismail Elkhrachy, Amimul Ahsan, and Saad Sh. Sammen. 2024. "RETRACTED: Masood et al. Exploring Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Geostatistical and Integrated Water Quality Indices Perspective. Water 2024, 16, 138" Water 16, no. 9: 1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16091195
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