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Great talk by @MicrobiomDigest on „The Dark Side of Science“ at #ecsj22 with lots of examples of duplication 
Bik scanned more than 20,000 papers by eye (mostly biomedical research).
She found that about 800 papers had duplicated figures and estimates that about half of them were likely intentional
She found that about 800 papers had duplicated figures and estimates that about half of them were likely intentional
Bik points out that journals reeeaaaally drag their feet in correcting/retracting papers. „If I can spot this in 2 seconds why does it take 5 years to be retracted?!“
(FWIW, completely agree that this is one of the most frustrating aspects of misconduct in science.)
(FWIW, completely agree that this is one of the most frustrating aspects of misconduct in science.)
