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Retraction of: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82299-6, published online 28 December 2024
The Editors have retracted and removed this publication. Concerns were raised regarding the use of images of minors from a non-curated dataset. The dataset is reported to contain images of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the images appear to have been collected from the internet without any documented clinical history or confirmation of an actual ASD diagnosis. Additionally, there is no documented ethical oversight, or consent of the children included in the dataset or their parents and legal guardians.
In light of these ethical concerns and the reliance on unverifiable data, the Editors no longer have confidence in the reliability of this Article.
Authors Gyanendra Prasad Joshi, J. Shobana, N. Jagadish Kumar, G. Elangovan and Woong Cho disagree with this retraction. Author M. Ramprasath has not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.
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This article was retracted on 16 December 2025.
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Elangovan, G., Kumar, N.J., Shobana, J. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Fusion of transfer learning with nature-inspired dandelion algorithm for autism spectrum disorder detection and classification using facial features. Sci Rep 14, 31104 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82299-6
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