The publisher of Geotechnical Research wishes to retract the article Lin D, Lin R, Zhou S, Wang H, Xiao Y, Bao J and Fei L (2025), “Effectiveness of anchor pile protection for metro tunnels under construction disturbances”. Geotechnical Research, Vol. 12 No. 3 pp. 141-154, doi: Link to the cited article.It has been brought to our attention by the authors that a large portion of this article is taken, without full and proper attribution, from an earlier work by Wang, H., Lin, M., Li, J. et al. Effects of construction disturbances on tunnel displacement and the protective role of soil reinforcement in metro tunnels. Sci Rep 15, 19780 (2025). Link to the cited article.The decision to retract has been informed by COPE’s guidelines on retractions and Emerald’s publishing ethics. Emerald’s editorial and originality policy guidelines make it clear that work submitted should be original, not infringe any existing copyright, or be currently under considered for publication by any other journal or publication.The authors cooperated fully with this investigation, and they also wish to acknowledge that the funding information featured in the article was not accurate due to a clerical oversight; the correct details are as follows: the authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Zhejiang Province Construction Research Foundation (Grant No. 2023K225) for the financial support of this study.The authors of this article would like to note that they agree with the content of this notice.The authors and publisher of the journal sincerely apologize to the readers.
A 2026 study studied this question.