Retraction Notice To “The Effect of Sedimentation Phenomenon of the Additives Silver Nano Particles on Water Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficient: a Comprehensive Experimental Study” [J. Mol. Liq. 345 (2022) 117891] (Journal of Molecular Liquids (2022) 345, (S0167732221026167), (10.1016/J.molliq.2021.117891))

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on Article Correction, Retraction and Removal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. During revision the author Smain Bezzina was added to the revised paper without explanation and without exceptional approval by the journal editor, which is contrary to the journal policy on changes to authorship. Post-publication, an investigation conducted on behalf of the journal by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team also discovered that acceptance of this article was solely based upon the positive advice of a reviewer who was closely linked to two of the authors, Arash Karimipour and Ali Abdollahi. This compromised the editorial process and breached the journal's policies. The Ethics team has determined that the authors were requested by one of the reviewers to insert redundant references to their papers during the peer-review process. The investigation also discovered suspicious email addresses used by the authors during submission that were not associated with legitimate researcher accounts. Overall, the editor has determined that the authorship and the findings of the article cannot be relied upon, and has decided to retract the article. © 2025 Elsevier B.V.