Image Manipulation: Cleaning Up the Scholarly Record
After hundreds of manipulated images were detected across 40 scientific journals, the real work will be to correct the scientific record.

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After hundreds of manipulated images were detected across 40 scientific journals, the real work will be to correct the scientific record.
This study attempted to determine the percentage of published papers containing inappropriate image duplication, a specific type of inaccurate data.
The rationale is simple: More anonymity means more scrutiny for published papers, and more scrutiny means more errors are caught.
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