We, the Editors and Publisher of Al-Masāq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean, have retracted the following book review:

Spyros P. Panagopoulos, ‘Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040-1130’, Al-Masāq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean, 31:2, 2019, pp. 249–250, DOI:10.1080/09503110.2019.1614313

Subsequent to publication it has been determined that this book review contains significant overlap with:

Nicholas Morton, ‘Alexander D. Beihammer: Byzantium and the emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040–1130 (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies 20)’, Journal of Transcultural Medieval Studies, 5:1, 2018, pp. 167–169, DOI:10.1515/jtms-2018-0008

which was not cited nor otherwise acknowledged.

As a result, the Editors of Al-Masāq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean and the publishers Taylor & Francis have decided to retract the review from publication. We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.

The retracted book review will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.