RETRACTED ARTICLE: Prediction of viscosity of branched alkanes using gene expression programing

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Statement of retractionWe, the Editor and the Publisher of Petroleum Science and Technology, have retracted the following article:Min Sun. “Prediction of viscosity of branched alkanes using gene expression programming,” Petroleum Science and Technology, Volume 36, 2018, Issue 23, pages 2049–2056. doi:10.1080/10916466.2018.1531029.We are now cognizant of the fact that the above article has substantial text-matching with the following article, to which no attribution was made:Mohammad Sepehr, Mohammad Baghban, Alireza Ghanbari, Mohamad Ebrahim Bozorgvar & Alireza Baghban. “Modeling dynamic viscosity of n-alkanes using LSSVM technique. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects. Volume 40, 2018, Issue 16, pages 1966–1973. doi:10.1080/15567036.2018.1486906.It is therefore not deemed to be an original contribution and we have informed the author of this decision. We note the breach of warranties made by the authors with respect to originality and provenance, and of our policy on publishing ethics and integrity. We note that we received, peer-reviewed, accepted, and published the article in good faith based on these warranties, and censure this action.We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.