Retraction notice to “Suspect, non-target and target screening of emerging pollutants using data independent acquisition: Assessment of a Mediterranean River basin” [Sci. Total Environ. 687 (2019) 355–368, (S004896971932618X), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.057)]

Ccanccapa-Cartagena A.; Pico Y.; Ortiz X.; Reiner E.J. · Science of the Total Environment (2026) · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.182219

Resumen

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on Article Correction, Retraction and Removal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal). This article is being retracted at the request of an impartial field expert acting in the role of an independent Publishing Ethics advisor. Post-publication, an investigation was conducted on behalf of the journal by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team with guidance from the Independent Publishing Ethics Advisor. This investigation discovered that the review of this submission was handled by the Editor-in-Chief Damia Barcelo despite an ongoing collaboration on a co-publication with one of the paper authors Yolanda Pico at the time this manuscript was submitted. This compromised the editorial process and breached the journal's policies. Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team reached out to the authors for an explanation, but they did not provide an explanation to address these concerns. Having reviewed the findings of Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team, the Independent Publishing Ethics Advisor has lost confidence in the integrity of the article and has determined it should be retracted.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa