Retraction of: "Authorship growth and self- citations: a scholarly expedient that demonstrates that the use of the metrics for career decisions generates malpractice and misbehavior?"

The paper entitled "Authorship growth and self- citations: a scholarly expedient that demonstrates that the use of the metrics for career decisions generates malpractice and misbehavior?" by Renato De Vecchis et al., which was published in Minerva Cardiology and Angiology 2021 October;69(5):619-20, has been retracted by the Publisher due to self-plagiarism.