Retracted: Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Transformations and their Effects on Water Treatment Process: A Contemporary Review

Title:Retracted: Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Transformations and their Effects on Water Treatment Process: A Contemporary Review

Volume: 14 Issue: 5

Author(s): Manoj Kumar Karnena, Madhavi Konni, Bhavya Kavitha Dwarapureddi and Vara Saritha*

Affiliation:

• Department of Environmental Science, GITAM Institute of Science, GITAM (Deemed to be) University, Visakhapatnam-45, India

Abstract:

The article entitled “Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Transformations and their Effects on Water Treatment Process: A Contemporary Review”, by Karnena et al., published in Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering 2021; 14(5). https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666211229101553 has been retracted on a complaint of plagiarism with a previously published article entitled “Natural organic matter-cations complexation and its impact on water treatment: A critical review” in the journal Water Research 2019, 160, 130-147. 10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.064.

The authors were notified of the complaint and were requested to provide justification in their defense. However, they have not responded in this regard.

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Karnena Kumar Manoj, Konni Madhavi, Dwarapureddi Kavitha Bhavya and Saritha Vara*, Retracted: Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Transformations and their Effects on Water Treatment Process: A Contemporary Review, Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering 2021; 14 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666211229101553