Oh, come on, @[email protected] Science Translational Medicine, correcting a paper for a photoshopped image? That is absolutely bonkers, and you should do much, much better. #ThisImageIsFine #ImageForensics
Instead of investigating properly, the journal issued a *corrigendum* 😱 "The authors regret that Figure 3D were mistakenly uploaded - corrections do not affect the conclusion." The original figure was simply replaced with a completely different set of images😭 #ThisImageIsFine
1. They did not catch the repetitive areas in the original figure 2. They did not address the PubPeer concerns about photoshopping with a retraction - instead, they allowed the authors to replace all panels 😡 3. They did not check if the new panels were ok. #ThisImageIsFine
Spot the two overlaps and you might win an Emoji Award! Each panel is from a differently treated rat, so there should not be any overlaps. #ImageForensics #ThisImageIsFine #ScientificPublishing
It's a beauty! Can you spot the problems here? Find at least two for your chance of winning one of the three Emoji Awards. #ImageForensics #ThisImageIsFine #ScientificPublishing
An easy one today. Four TEM photos, four different formulations of 'quantum dots'. Can you spot the unexpected overlap? #ImageForensics #ThisImageIsFine #ScientificPublishing
Can you spot all three overlaps? #ImageForensics #ThisImageIsFine #ScientificPublishing
A nice and easy #ImageForensics challenge, sent to me by a reader. Can you spot the problem here? #ThisImageIsFine #ScientificPublishing
There are two sets of overlapping panels in this figure. Can you spot them both? Each panel is a differently treated rat. #ImageForensics #ThisImageIsFine #ScientificPublishing
Two sets of panels look identical, and another set of panels overlaps. Can you spot at least two of the three problems here? #ImageForensics #ThisImageIsFine #ScientificPublishing