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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Front. Cell Dev. Biol.</journal-id>
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<article-title>Retraction: BCNet: a novel network for blood cell classification</article-title>
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<bold>Approved by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/312230/overview">Ramani Ramchandran</ext-link>, Medical College of Wisconsin, United States</p>
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<related-article id="RA1" related-article-type="retracted-article" journal-id="Front. Cell Dev. Biol." journal-id-type="nlm-ta" xlink:href="10.3389/fcell.2021.813996" ext-link-type="doi">A Retraction of the Original Research Article <article-title>BCNet: a novel network for blood cell classification</article-title> by Zhu Z, Lu S, Wang S-H, G&#xf3;rriz JM and Zhang Y-D (2021). Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9:813996. doi: <object-id>10.3389/fcell.2021.813996</object-id>
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<p>The journal retracts the 03 January 2022 article cited above.</p>
<p>Following publication, the publisher uncovered evidence that false identities were used in the peer-review process. The assignment of fake reviewers was confirmed by an investigation, conducted in accordance with Frontiers&#x2019; policies and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. Given the concerns, the editors no longer have confidence in the findings presented in the article. UPDATE (26 July 2024): This notice is to alert readers of this matter, it does not imply involvement of the co-authors.</p>
<p>This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors do not agree to this retraction.</p>
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