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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology2018

Analysis and Correction of Inappropriate Image Duplication: the

Elisabeth M Bik, Ferric C Fang, Amy L Kullas, Roger J Davis, Arturo Casadevall

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Inappropriate image duplications in rhinology research publications.International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2024
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  12. A Synthesis of the Formats for Correcting Erroneous and Fraudulent Academic Literature, and Associated Challenges.Journal for general philosophy of science = Zeitschrift fur allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie · 2022
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  15. Editors Should Declare Conflicts of Interest.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2019
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  17. Making the scientific literature fail-safe.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Elisabeth M BikuBiome Inc., San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5477-0324
Ferric C FangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3243-110X
Amy L KullasJournals Department, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2429-4691
Roger J DavisHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0130-1652
Arturo CasadevallDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA acasade1@jhu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9402-9167

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Cell BiologyMolecular BiologyPublishingEditorial PoliciesPilot ProjectsRetraction of Publication as TopicScientific Experimental ErrorScientific Misconductduplicationsimagepublication

Identifiers

PMID30037982
PMCPMC6168979

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