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Figure manipulation
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The Journal of Cell Biology instituted electronic submission of manuscripts in December, 2001. Our brief experience in handling the review process electronically has raised an important issue regarding the manipulation of digital images that I would like to bring to the attention of the members of
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“The Journal of Cell Biology was among the first to call attention to the problem of figure alteration in manuscripts (17)”
From The Prevalence of Inappropriate Image Duplication in Biomedical Research Publications (2016) · cites this paper as [17]
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“Our findings are consistent with the notion that greater scrutiny by journals can reduce the prevalence of problematic images.”
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The Prevalence of Inappropriate Image Duplication in Biomedical Research Publications
Bik, E. M., Casadevall, A., & Fang, F. C. (2016) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.00809-16 · Cited by 287
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Morris, S., Barnas, E., LaFrenier, D., & Reich, M. M. (2013) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9781139107860 · Cited by 87
Bik, E. M., Fang, F. C., Kullas, A. L., Davis, R. J., & Casadevall, A. (2018) · Molecular and Cellular Biology · doi:10.1128/mcb.00309-18 · Cited by 55
Rossner, M. (2008) · The Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.20081017220081203c · Cited by 52
Self-citationMcDonald, J. M., Cox, A. E., & Siegal, G. P. (2012) · American Journal Of Pathology · doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.07.004 · Cited by 47
Metadata
- Authors
- Rossner, M.
- Affiliations
- Managing Editor, The Journal of Cell Biology
- Corresponding author
- Rossner, Mike
- ORCID
- Rossner, Mike
- Venue
- The Journal of Cell Biology
- Publisher
- Rockefeller University Press
- Published
- 2002-09-30
- Volume
- 158
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1151-1151
- ISSN
- 0021-9525 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-8140
- PMC
- PMC2173234
- OpenAlex
- W1975151786
- Semantic Scholar
- 590cd3bfe3bc5f376be5717a446878d2c530a898
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Journal of Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Keywords
- image editing, scientific integrity, peer review, electronic manuscript submission, publication ethics
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