RETRACTED ARTICLE: Effect of heating on the microstructure and mechanical properties of hot rolled high strength bainitic steel rail

Abstract

We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Ironmaking & Steelmaking, have retracted the following article:

Xiao-li Tian & Jie Guo (2022) Effect of heating on the microstructure and mechanical properties of hot rolled high strength bainitic steel rail, Ironmaking & Steelmaking, DOI: 10.1080/03019233.2022.2049583

Since publication, concerns have been raised by the authors about the integrity of the data in the article. The authors checked their data and confirmed there are fundamental errors present. Therefore, they have agreed to the retraction of this article.

Additionally, Table 1 is identical to Table 1 of the following paper:

Zhu M, Xu G, Zhou M, Yuan Q, Tian J, Hu H. Effects of Tempering on the Microstructure and Properties of a High-Strength Bainite Rail Steel with Good Toughness. Metals. 2018; 8(7): 484. Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/8/7/484/html

The authors did not seek permission to reuse the contents of this table.

The authors apologies for this oversight.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.