RETRACTED: Zhong et al. Fractal Behavior of Particle Size Distribution in the Rare Earth Tailings Crushing Process under High Stress Condition. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 1058

The Applied Sciences Editorial office retracts the article “Fractal Behavior of Particle Size Distribution in the Rare Earth Tailings Crushing Process under High Stress Condition” [1], cited above.

Following publication, the authors raised concerns with the Editorial Office regarding an overlap between this publication [1], and a previously published article [2], originating from a different authorship group and published in another language.

Adhering to our complaint’s procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board, which confirmed a similar article structure, overlap of tables, and the duplication of multiple images between these two publications [1,2]. Given the extent of the overlap and duplications, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board have decided to retract this publication [1] as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30) and in line with the Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines).

This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Applied Sciences.

The first and second author agreed to this retraction. The third author did not provide a comment on this decision.