Sleuths Uncover Web of Research Fraud in 400 Papers From China

Sleuths Uncover Web of Research Fraud in 400 Papers From China: Elisabeth Bik, the microbiologist and research integrity consultant noted for unearthing evidence of research misconduct, tweeted on February 21 that she and some others had uncovered over 400 scientific papers “that all share a very similar title layout, graph layout, and (most importantly) the same Western blot layout” – indicating an organised web of potential fraud. She also expressed concern that “there might be hundreds of papers more”, and that she and her collaborators may just have spotted the obviously fraudulent ones.