The Prevalence of Inappropriate Image Duplication in Biomedical Research Publications

Inaccurate data in scientific papers can result from honest error or intentional falsification. This study attempted to determine the percentage of published papers that contain inappropriate image duplication, a specific type of inaccurate data. The images from a total of 20,621 papers published in...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth M. Bik, Arturo Casadevall, Ferric C. Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-06-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/3/e00809-16