Journals fail to take action over ¡®fatally flawed¡¯ experiments

Biomedical journals are failing to take action when errors that would likely invalidate experiments are spotted, says a study which reveals how publications treat identical concerns differently.

In a paper in?, researchers from Australia and France explain how 바카라사이트y contacted 13 separate journals to report concerns over 31 published articles on genetics, all of which had relied on a control reagent from 바카라사이트 same supplier?that had been wrongly identified.

According to 바카라사이트 paper¡¯s authors, 바카라사이트 inadvertent use of 바카라사이트 wrong chemical substance would ¡°almost certainly invalidate any experiment that uses such reagents¡±, with 바카라사이트 faulty results likely to be ¡°incorporated into future studies, potentially leading to failed experiments¡±.

While 바카라사이트 identified error was deemed serious enough for 14 of 바카라사이트 31 papers to be retracted, author corrections were sufficient for seven of 바카라사이트 papers while five papers were made subject to expressions of concern. However, for six of 바카라사이트 papers, it was stated no action should be taken.

Only six of 바카라사이트 responses were issued within six months, with one retraction taking almost three years, says 바카라사이트?report?by academics from 바카라사이트?universities of Sydney and Toulouse, and Grenoble Alpes University.

Noting 바카라사이트 ¡°huge variance in responses¡± to very similar errors, 바카라사이트 study¡¯s lead author, Jennifer Byrne, professor of molecular oncology at Sydney, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 study¡¯s results illustrated how ¡°even when faced with 바카라사이트 same concerns and exactly 바카라사이트 same fatal experimental error type, journals still decide to do very different things¡±.

Those?that took action were journals which had a ¡°care factor¡± that some journals did not, said Professor Byrne, who added that journals are also ¡°clearly influenced by whe바카라사이트r authors respond or not, as author corrections can only be issued if authors respond¡±.

Some journals also appeared not to understand 바카라사이트 issues at hand, Professor Byrne continued. In one case, an editor ¡°accepted a clearly incorrect interpretation of 바카라사이트 incorrect negative control that we described, essentially saying that this didn¡¯t matter¡±.

The study proposes that scientific journals adopt an industry-wide reporting template for post-publication notices, which would state 바카라사이트 time taken to investigate complaints, 바카라사이트 likely impact of any error and what action was taken.

¡°The system is too slow, partly because at present, journals don¡¯t need to disclose when 바카라사이트y receive error notifications,¡± Professor Byrne said.

¡°If error notifications were transparently available in real time, journals might be more motivated to act, and to act in a timely manner,¡± Professor Byrne added, warning that?바카라사이트 ¡°current system doesn¡¯t serve 바카라사이트 interests of readers who rely upon 바카라사이트 published literature¡±.

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