We, the Editor and Publisher of the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, the following article was withdrawn:
Radwa Rasheedy, Tarek Fathi Tamara, Ihab Serag Allam, Ahmed Mohamed Abbas, Nermine Essam El-Din Abd El Salam & Ahmed Ferhad Ahmed (2019) Vaginal misoprostol before copper IUD insertion after previous insertion failure: a double-blind, controlled of a placebo, parallel-group, randomized clinical trial, The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, 24:3, 222-226, DOI: 10.1080/13625187.2019.1610871
Since publication, significant concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data and reported results in the article. Although the authors fully cooperated with the investigation and provided information in response to our queries, they were unable to adequately address the concerns raised or provide their original data for analysis. Because proving the validity of published work is fundamental to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article. The authors do not agree to the retraction.
Our decision-making was informed by our publishing ethics and integrity policy and the COPE guidelines.
The retracted article will remain online to preserve the scholarly record, but will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.
