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Scientific Fraud_ How Journals Detect Image Manipulation (Part 2) - Enago Academy

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  1. ScientikcFraud:HowJournalsDetectImage Manipulation(Part 2) Enago Academy is here to answer all your questions related to academic research and publishing.

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  4. 9/7/2018 Scientific Fraud: How Journals Detect Image Manipulation (Part 2) - EnagoAcademy ScientikcFraud:HowJournalsDetectImage Manipulation(Part 2) LastupdatedMay8,2018 Inthekrstpartofthisseries,wehighlightedthechallengesandtakesfromauthorsandjournalsonimage manipulation. Sowho’sreallyinchargeofmakingsurethatjournalsdonotpublishmanipulatedimages?MikeRossner,forone. While at JCB, he discovered that“about 1% of accepted papers had manipulated images that affected their conclusions;another25%hadsomesortofmanipulationthatviolatedguidelines.”AfterRossnerleftJCB,he foundedImageDataIntegrity(IDI),whichidentikesbiomedicaldatamanipulations. Although Rossner concurs with Bik that some image manipulations may not be strictly unethical, he counsels caution,sincesomethingasinnocuousas“clean[ing]upunwantedbackgroundinanimage”canhaveunintended consequences.“[W]hatmayseemtobeabackgroundbandorcontaminationmayactuallyberealandbiologically important,”Rossnerwarns,“andcouldberecognizedassuchbyanotherscientist.” ChangefromWithin  OutsourcingimagescreeningtoacompanylikeIDIisoneapproachtoidentifyingalteredscientikcimages. AnothersolutionisthatofGermany’sEMBOPress,wherein-houseimagedetectiveJanaChristopherisafull- timeimagescreener.“Ichecktoseeifmicrographs,photographs,anddata…areduplicatedorillicitly https://www.enago.com/academy/scientific-fraud-journals-detect-image-manipulation-part-2/

  5. 9/7/2018 Scientific Fraud: How Journals Detect Image Manipulation (Part 2) - EnagoAcademy manipulated,”Christopherexplains.“Iusetools…[that]allowyouinasemi-automatedproceduretoadjustthe contrastsandsettingstohighlightflaws.It’sasimpleprocess,butyouneedtoknowwheretolook.Forexample,it ismuchhardertospotwhentheblankbackgroundonagelhasbeencloned—ittakesanexperiencedeyetospot thosepatterns.I’mveryawareofthelimitations.Ifsomeonereallytriestocheatandtheycheatwell,it’sunlikely that we would see that. But most of what we knd are genuine mistakes, which we prevent from entering the scientikcliterature.” ForensicTechnologies  TheforensictoolsChristopherandothersrelyonincludePhotoshopdroplets,aswellas AdobeBridgeandImageJ.Dropletsareparticularlyusefulwhenscreeningforadjustments oflightordarkareasandcomparingtwoimages.Bridgeissuitedtorapidprocessingoflarge imagebatches,andthehighlyversatileImageJfreewarecanproducequantitativescansof gelbandsanddisplaymultipleimagessimultaneously. As the technology for detecting image manipulation expands and improves, so will the technology for manipulatingimages.Thesesoftwaresallowreviewers,editors,andscientiststoidentifylapsesinimageintegrity, butaretheyalsogivingrisetounprecedentedscientikcmisconduct? ForBetterorforWorse? “Researcherrorandmisconducthaveprobablyalwaysexisted,”Bikpointsout.“Evenscientikcluminariessuchas Darwin,Mendel,andPasteurhavebeenaccusedofmanipulatingormisreportingtheirdata.”Thelowresolutionof olderillustrationslikelymademanipulationmoredifkculttodiscern,butBikstillbelievesthat“thewidespread availability and usage of digital image modikcation software in recent years may have provided greater opportunityforbotherrorandintentionalmanipulation.”  https://www.enago.com/academy/scientific-fraud-journals-detect-image-manipulation-part-2/

  6. 9/7/2018 Scientific Fraud: How Journals Detect Image Manipulation (Part 2) - EnagoAcademy  InBik’ssolution,authorstakeresponsibility:“Onepossiblemechanismtoreduceerrorsat thelaboratorylevelwouldbetoinvolvemultipleindividualsinthepreparationofkguresfor publication.Thelackofcorrelationbetweenauthornumberandthefrequencyofimage duplicationsuggeststhattherolesofmostauthorsarecompartmentalizedordiluted,such thaterrorsormisconductarenotreadilydetected.” What’sYour Take? ShouldauthorsfollowBik’smodelforconductingrigorousduediligencebeforesubmittingpapers?Would involvingmultiplescientistsinfact-checkingincreaseordecreasethelikelihoodoferror? Shouldjournalsandpublishinghousesconductduediligenceagainstimagemanipulationinternally?Ifso,should peer reviewers be part of that initial process, or should specialist editors screen for manipulated images in accepted papersonly? OrdoyoumosttrustacompanylikeIDItoprovideimpartial,high-qualityscreeninganddetectionservices? Pleaseshareyourthoughtsincomments!Thentakeamomenttokndoutmoreabouthowjournalsrespondwhen aproblematicimagedoesmakeitintoapublishedpaperandhowtoguardagainstscientikcmisconductinyour ownwork. Stillnotconvincedthatmanipulationofimagesalwaysconstitutesresearchmisconduct?Clickontogettipson howtoedityourimagesethically,acceptableandunacceptablecategoriesofimagemanipulation,andspecikctips andtechniquesforkeepingontherightsideofscience. This article was originally published at Enago Academy by EnagoManuscript Editing services which provides scientific editing to researchers authors and Phd students. For more information contact - - orders@enago.com.  https://www.enago.com/academy/scientific-fraud-journals-detect-image-manipulation-part-2/

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