Retraction notice to “Application of waste ceramic powder as a cement replacement in reinforced concrete beams toward sustainable usage in construction” [Case Stud. Constr. Mater. 19 (2023) e02444] (Case Studies in Construction Materials (2023) 19, (S2214509523006241), (10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02444))

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). The paper is retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. The Editors no longer have confidence in this paper. Following a complaint received by the editors, it was found upon investigation that 5 citations were added to this paper at the author proof stage. In most cases the added citations were not immediately relevant to the paper topic and in some cases, the added citations appear to benefit co-corresponding authors and a few other related individuals. This is an instance of citation farming (or citation dumping) and is a violation of publication ethics standards. Corresponding author Özkılıç acknowledges adding the citations but disagrees with the retractions. Corresponding author Bahrami disagrees with these retractions. The journal apologises for not identifying this breach during production. © 2024 The Authors