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Why do scientists fabricate and falsify data? A matched-control analysis of papers containing problematic image duplications

View ORCID ProfileDaniele Fanelli, Rodrigo Costas, Ferric C. Fang, Arturo Casadevall, Elisabeth M. Bik
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/126805
Daniele Fanelli
1Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), 1070 Arastradero Road, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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Rodrigo Costas
2Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, P.O. Box 905 2300 AX Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Ferric C. Fang
3Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195.
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Arturo Casadevall
4Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
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Elisabeth M. Bik
5uBiome, San Francisco, CA 94105
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  • April 12, 2017.
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  1. Daniele Fanelli1,*,
  2. Rodrigo Costas2,
  3. Ferric C. Fang3,
  4. Arturo Casadevall4 and
  5. Elisabeth M. Bik5
  1. 1Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), 1070 Arastradero Road, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
  2. 2Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, P.O. Box 905 2300 AX Leiden, The Netherlands.
  3. 3Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195.
  4. 4Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
  5. 5uBiome, San Francisco, CA 94105
  1. ↵*Correspondence to: email{at}danielefanelli.com
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Why do scientists fabricate and falsify data? A matched-control analysis of papers containing problematic image duplications
Daniele Fanelli, Rodrigo Costas, Ferric C. Fang, Arturo Casadevall, Elisabeth M. Bik
bioRxiv 126805; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/126805
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Why do scientists fabricate and falsify data? A matched-control analysis of papers containing problematic image duplications
Daniele Fanelli, Rodrigo Costas, Ferric C. Fang, Arturo Casadevall, Elisabeth M. Bik
bioRxiv 126805; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/126805

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