Abnormal data patterns are observed on the standard deviation values on the Table 3 of this article
An investigation by the 5GH Team reveals 36 articles over citing ZHOU Hao's publications. Over 30% of each article’s references were co-authored by ZHOU Hao, with the China PLA General Hospital (a.k.a. the 301 Hospital).
The 5GH Team came across the profile of Shoh-jakhon Khamdamov at Tashkent State University of Economics, and noted the abnormal pattern of the citations to Khamdamov.
The identify of a Brazilian researcher, Dr. Heinz D. Fill, is suspected to be stolen by a Chinese paper mill network. This concern was raised by an academic sleuth a few days ago.
The ethics approval number on the article [1] was found to be "Non Existent".
Three references (Ref 47-49) on the article are irrelecant to the citing statement.
Five references, namely the Ref 6, 12, 14, 15 and 38, on this article bear no relevance to the statements they are intended to support.
