“…Journal of Environmental and Public Health has retracted the article titled "Securitization Concept and Its Application to Environmental Problems in the Kurdistan Region: Prospects and Obstacles" [1] due to concerns that the peer review process has been compromised. Following an investigation conducted by the Hindawi Research Integrity team [2], signifcant concerns were identifed with the peer reviewers assigned to this article; the investigation has concluded that the peer review process was compromised.…”