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Figure errors, sloppy science, and fraud: keeping eyes on your data

Corinne L Williams, Arturo Casadevall, Sarah Jackson

    The Journal of Clinical Investigation
    |March 26, 2019
    PubMed
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    Scientific journals are seeing more retractions due to problematic data. The JCI implemented pre-publication data screening to improve research integrity and reduce corrections.

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