Expression of Concern: Quality of information in gestational diabetes mellitus videos on TikTok - Cross-sectional study

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Expression of Concern issued by The PLOS One Editors for an article titled “Quality of information in gestational diabetes mellitus videos on TikTok: Cross-sectional study.” The Editors identified concerns related to the article’s peer review process and state they have no evidence of author involvement. Additional concerns relate to adherence to the journal’s third publication criterion. Readers are advised to interpret the article cautiously, and the Funding and Acknowledgements information is corrected to include multiple specified grants.

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Expression of Concern

Peer review concerns

Publication criteria concerns

Funding and acknowledgements corrections

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OPEN ACCESS Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Expression of Concern: Quality of information in gestational diabetes mellitus videos on TikTok: Cross-sectional study. PLoS One 21(1): e0340234. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal). pone.0340234 Published: January 5, 2026 Copyright: © 2026 The PLOS One Editors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. EXPRESSION OF CONCERN Expression of Concern: Quality of information in gestational diabetes mellitus videos on TikTok: Cross-sectional study The PLOS One Editors After this article [ 1] was published, concerns were identified by the PLOS One Editors regarding the article’s peer review. The Editors have no evidence of any author involvement in the peer review issues. In addition, the Editors are concerned about adherence of this article to the journal’s third publication criterion [2] . We regret that the issues were not addressed prior to the article’s publication. In light of the cumulative issues, the PLOS One Editors issue this Expression of Concern. Readers are advised to interpret the article [ 1] with caution. Additionally, information about the article’s funding incorrectly appears in the Acknowledgements section, and the Funding statement incorrectly states that no funding was received. The correct Funding statement is: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 72474001), the Major Foundation of Social Science and Humanity Anhui Province Department of Education (Grant No. SK2021ZD0030), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 2308085MH285), and School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University Graduate Student Seedling Cultivation Program (Grant No. Hlqm12024083) . References 1. Jiang G, Chen L, Geng L, Zhang Y, Chen Z, Zhu Y, et al. Quality of information in gestational diabetes mellitus videos on TikTok: Cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2025;20(2):e0316242 . [https://doi](https://doi). org/10 . 1371/journal. pone.0316242 PMID: 39913422 2. PLOS One. Criteria for Publication. [cited Dec 2025] . Available from: [https://journals.plos.org/](https://journals.plos.org/)[ ](https://journals.plos.org/)[plosone/s/criteria-for-publication](plosone/s/criteria-for-publication) PLOS One | [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340234](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340234) January 5, 2026 1 / 1

FAQs

What issues prompted the Expression of Concern for this PLOS One article?

The PLOS One Editors identified concerns about the article’s peer review and its adherence to the journal’s third publication criterion.

Did the Editors find evidence of author involvement in the peer review issues?

No. The Editors state they have no evidence of any author involvement in the peer review problems.

How was the funding information corrected?

The notice states that funding incorrectly appeared in the Acknowledgements and that the Funding statement was wrong; it provides a corrected funding statement listing multiple specific grants.

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