Retraction notice to “Developing critical thinking skills in a digital educational environment” [Thinking Skills and Creativity Volume 41, September 2021, 100906]

• Published in: Thinking skills and creativity 2022-12, Vol.46, p.101088, Article 101088
• Main Authors: Varenina, Liudmila, Vecherinina, Elena, Shchedrina, Elena, Valiev, Ildar, Islamov, Artem
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1871-1871; 1878-0423
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101088

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief. After a thorough investigation, the Editors have concluded that the acceptance of this article was partly based upon the positive advice of two illegitimate reviewer reports. The reports were submitted from email accounts which were provided to the journal as suggested reviewers during the submission of the article. Although purportedly real reviewer accounts, the Editors have concluded that these were not of appropriate, independent reviewers. This manipulation of the peer-review process represents a clear violation of the fundamentals of peer review, our publishing policies, and publishing ethics standards. Apologies are offered to the reviewers whose identity was assumed and to the readers of the journal that this deception was not detected during the submission process.