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Double Trouble: Inappropriate Image Duplications in Biomedical Publications

Science builds upon science. Even after peer review and publication, science papers could still contain images or other data of concern. If not addressed, papers containing incorrect or even falsified data could lead to wasted time and money spent by other researchers trying to reproduce those results. Several high-profile science misconduct cases have been described, but many more cases remain undetected. Elisabeth Bik is an image forensics detective who left her paid job in the industry to search for and report biomedical articles that contain errors or data of concern. She has done a systematic scan of 20,000 papers in 40 journals and found that about 4% of these contained inappropriately duplicated images. In her talk, she will present her work and show several types of inappropriately duplicated images and other examples of research misconduct. In addition, she will show how to report scientific papers of concern and how journals and institutions handle such allegations.
Publication Date
2023 | May 31

45th Annual Meeting (2023)

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"Transformation, Trust, and Transparency" The pace of change in our industry continues unabated, with seismic shifts in areas such as the dissemination of research, business models, and the nature of the workplace. And yet, while pressure for change has become the new normal, fundamental change has proved more elusive. We invite you to join us in highlighting the Trust and Transparency issues that underlie many of the challenges we face and exploring what it takes to create more meaningful Transformation in scholarly publishing.

Elisabeth Bik

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Lori Carlin

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Chief Commercial Officer & Senior Consultant, Delta Think Inc

With more than twenty-five years of experience in society publishing and association management, Lori Carlin is a recognized expert in customer insight, market research, marketing strategy, and digital product development. Lori is currently the CCO and Senior Consultant at Delta Think, Inc., and has also held senior positions in Marketing, Sales, Online Content Delivery, and Subscriber/Member Services for a number of scholarly publishers and societies. As CCO, Lori is responsible for business development/new business opportunities and partnerships, as well as corporate marketing and corporate communications for Delta Think. On the consulting side, Lori actively engages with clients to support their needs in all areas, with a special emphasis on business strategy and analysis, customer insight, and market research and strategy implementing customer insight methodologies and building effective strategies for publishing programs and products, and has helped professional societies and corporations develop and deliver publishing products that best meet and exceed customer needs. She is also very active in the publishing industry, currently serving as SSP Annual Meeting Co-Chair, and held previous positions as a SSP Board Member, as well as numerous committee chair and member positions for SSP, ASAE, and PSP.

Miranda Walker

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Associate Director, Medical Journals, Wolters Kluwer