CORRECTION article

Front. Sustain. Cities, 03 June 2025

Sec. Innovation and Governance

Volume 7 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2025.1631538

Corrigendum: Social smart city research: interconnections between participatory governance, data privacy, artificial intelligence and ethical sustainable development


Samad Rasoulzadeh Aghdam,Samad Rasoulzadeh Aghdam1,2Behnaz BabaeimoradBehnaz Babaeimorad3Behnam Ghasemzadeh,,,
Behnam Ghasemzadeh1,2,4,5*Mazdak IraniMazdak Irani5Aapo Huovila
Aapo Huovila6*
  • 1Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
  • 2Institute for Psycho-social Health Research, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
  • 3Department of Urban Planning, Ahv.C., Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
  • 4Turbulent Magic Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • 5School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
  • 6VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Espoo, Finland

A Corrigendum on
Social smart city research: interconnections between participatory governance, data privacy, artificial intelligence and ethical sustainable development

by Rasoulzadeh Aghdam, S., Babaeimorad, B., Ghasemzadeh, B., Irani, M., and Huovila, A. (2025). Front. Sustain. Cities 6:1514040. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2024.1514040

In the published article, the second author's name was incorrectly written as “Behnaz Bababei Morad.” The correct spelling is “Behnaz Babaeimorad.”

In the published article, there was an error in affiliation 3. This was incorrectly written as “Department of Urban Planning, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.” It should be “Department of Urban Planning, Ahv.C., Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.”

In the published article, there was an error regarding the affiliations for the third author, Behnam Ghasemzadeh. As well as having affiliations 2, 4, and 5, they should also have “1Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.”

The authors apologize for these errors and state that they do not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: bibliometric analysis, interdisciplinary collaboration, smart cities, social research, VOSviewer

Citation: Rasoulzadeh Aghdam S, Babaeimorad B, Ghasemzadeh B, Irani M and Huovila A (2025) Corrigendum: Social smart city research: interconnections between participatory governance, data privacy, artificial intelligence and ethical sustainable development. Front. Sustain. Cities 7:1631538. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2025.1631538

Received: 19 May 2025; Accepted: 20 May 2025;
Published: 03 June 2025.

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