Retracted: Implications of Settlement Expansion on the Availability of Green Open Space in Medan Johor District

Syarif Hidayatullah; Cut Nuraini; Abdi Sugiarto

doi:10.61994/equivalent.v4i2.1967

Authors

Syarif Hidayatullah Universitas Pembangunan Panca Budi, Medan, North Sumatra Author
Cut Nuraini Universitas Pembangunan Panca Budi, Medan, North Sumatra Author
Abdi Sugiarto Universitas Pembangunan Panca Budi, Medan, North Sumatra Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61994/equivalent.v4i2.1967

Keywords:

public green open space, residential expansion, Medan Johor, spatial planning, urban environment

Abstract

RETRACTION NOTICE

The Editorial Board of Equivalent: Journal of Economic, Accounting and Management hereby announces that the following article has been officially retracted from the journal.

Article ID: 1967
Title: Implications of Settlement Expansion on the Availability of Green Open Space in Medan Johor District
Authors: Syarif Hidayatullah, Cut Nuraini, Abdi Sugiarto
Published in: Equivalent: Journal of Economic, Accounting and Management, Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026)
Article Link: https://jurnal.dokicti.org/index.php/equivalent/article/view/1967

Following an editorial investigation, it was determined that this article constitutes a duplicate publication. An identical version of the manuscript had already been published previously in the same journal, as detailed below:

Article ID: 1889
Title: Implications of Settlement Expansion on the Availability of Green Open Space in Medan Johor District
Authors: Syarif Hidayatullah, Cut Nuraini, Abdi Sugiarto
Article Link: https://jurnal.dokicti.org/index.php/equivalent/article/view/1889

The Editorial Board concluded that this situation resulted from two contributing factors:

The authors submitted the same manuscript more than once (double submission), resulting in duplicate publication.
The editorial office failed to identify the duplicate manuscript during the final editorial checking process prior to publication.

In accordance with the journal's commitment to maintaining academic integrity, publication ethics, and the accuracy of the scholarly record, the Editorial Board has decided to retract Article ID 1967. Meanwhile, Article ID 1889 remains the valid and citable version of record, as it was the first published version of the manuscript.

The Editorial Board acknowledges its responsibility for the oversight and has taken this corrective action to preserve the integrity of the journal. We sincerely apologize to our readers, authors, reviewers, indexing services, and the wider academic community for this error.

To prevent similar incidents in the future, the journal will strengthen its editorial workflow by implementing more rigorous manuscript screening procedures, publication history verification, metadata validation, and final pre-publication checks.

We appreciate the understanding and continued support of the academic community in upholding the highest standards of scholarly publishing.

Editorial Board
Equivalent: Journal of Economic, Accounting and Management

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