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It's interesting that this came out the same week as Derek Lowe was discussing the problem with some of the most easily discovered scientific frauds (crystal st
by kurthr 3y ago
It's interesting that this came out the same week as Derek Lowe was discussing the problem with some of the most easily discovered scientific frauds (crystal structures).
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/faked-crystals-and-faked-data https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/faked-crystals-and...
Since many of the journals (much less authors) don't seem to have an incentive to correct the record, perhaps journals need to be banned, if they can't police obvious frauds.
- Turskarama 3y agoI have often thought it would be good for there to be a journal that specifically focuses on trying to reproduce existing high impact (and even medium or low impact if there's time) studies. Unfortunately, verification is not seen as glamorous, but it's important work that not enough people are doing.