The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because the validity of the content of this article cannot be verified. This article showed evidence of substantial text overlap (most notably with the articles cited [2-6]), peer review and authorship manipulation. Mohammad Mirzavand has not explicitly stated whether he agrees to this retraction notice. None of the other co-authors responded to correspondence about this retraction.
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The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because the validity of the content of this article cannot be verified. This article showed evidence of substantial text overlap (most notably with the articles cited [2-6]), peer review and authorship manipulation. Mohammad Mirzavand has not explicitly stated whether he agrees to this retraction notice. None of the other co-authors responded to correspondence about this retraction.
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Mirzavand, M., Khoshnevisan, B., Shamshirband, S. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Evaluating groundwater level fluctuation by support vector regression and neuro-fuzzy methods: a comparative study. Nat Hazards 102, 1611–1612 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1602-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1602-4