Retracted: “A heterogeneous analysis of the nexus between energy consumption,economic growth and carbon emissions: Evidence from the Group of Twenty (G20) countries”

At the request of Sage and the Journal Editor, the following article has been retracted:

Li K, Hu E, Xu C, et al. A heterogeneous analysis of the nexus between energy consumption, economic growth and carbon emissions: Evidence from the Group of Twenty (G20) countries. Energy Exploration & Exploitation. 2021;39(3):815-837. DOI:10.1177/0144598720980198

Sage was made aware of a PubPeer post highlighting unusual phrases, commonly used to deter unattributed text, throughout the article The authors were unable to provide an explanation.

Upon further investigation, the submission of this article was found to contain indicators of attempts to compromise the peer review process.

Due to outstanding concerns about the integrity of the peer review process and the authenticity of the research, the Journal Editor retracts this article.

M.M. disagrees with the retraction. All other authors did not respond for comment when notified of the retraction.