Irrelevant Citations on 10.1038/s41598-025-24455-0


Irrelevant citations are observed on the article [1]. Fourteen references were cited with a single statement on this article [1], however, most, if not all, of those fourteen references were irrelevant to the citing statement.

The 5GH Team wants to address that although large number irrelevant references were grouped in that single statement, there are no patterns from those references, no direct evidences suggesting misbehaviours from the authors or others who got involved in the publication of the article [1].



Reference

[1] 10.1038/s41598-025-24455-0






Author: WU Guangheng

Founder and Chair of the 5GH Foundation

E-Mail: wu@5gh.org.cn

Document ID: 5GH-2025-000017.R6

Publication Date: 2025.12.22

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Reused Images on 10.1016/j.psep.2024.03.026

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