Expression of concern: “Evaluating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical waste disposal using preference selection index with CRADIS in a fuzzy environment” Heliyon 10 (2024) e26997

Puntos clave

• The study addresses the ethical implications of citation practices in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on medical waste disposal.
• Investigate citation trends related to the author's papers before and after revision.
• Analyze discrepancies between the original and revised article versions.
• Evaluate the balance of literature references cited in the paper.
• No citations in the original article version; 13 citations in the revised version.
• Increased citations raise concerns about the integrity of the literature review.
• Editors determined an imbalance in referenced works.