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Another depressing set of figures in a paper on Cancer research :-(
A colleague noted that the PubPeer poster and our colleagues spent more time on these figures than the authors did.
youtu.be/m58oMTJ9knY
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09.03.2026 09:38 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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B5B57900EB1C97C786B9635A116A09#1 YouTube video by River Valley Technologies

YouTube video here: youtu.be/SHaD1ZCj3yU

04.03.2026 16:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Two images in two publications with shared authors. Identical except around the scale bar.
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04.03.2026 16:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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0F57448A87AA5789737039D8E2EE48#1 YouTube video by River Valley Technologies

The vast majority of possible image misconduct that I see in scholarly publishing is in Cancer research. This is so depressing. Here are two papers with duplicated images.
youtu.be/kdT0XMx-Mro
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02.03.2026 19:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is a problem in publishing, with a particular relevance to Humanities and Social Sciences. We are working on solving the problem and ensuring authors get credit for their work.

02.03.2026 08:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@mumumouse2.bsky.social has been finding a lot of cases of identical XRD plots in the same chart and across different papers. Here are 4 papers using the same plot.
youtu.be/NAXSlpha0kM
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01.03.2026 21:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Satisfying but depressing at the same time. What hope is there for the communication of scientific research?
Found by @sholtodavid.bsky.social
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01.03.2026 13:13 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Surprising similarity between curves
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01.03.2026 10:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is a problem. The solution is to embed digital "provenance" in all content. This is possible and we and others are working on it. I have discussed this with some of your colleagues.

01.03.2026 09:51 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Identical XRD spectra apart from a tiny difference.
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01.03.2026 09:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I just noticed that in a second response they have admitted a duplication!

27.02.2026 21:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Author: "After carefully check of the results, we are sure that they were different WB bands from different experiments"

What do you think folks?
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27.02.2026 20:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The tick marks on the author names on the PubPeer page shows all received notifications and can respond, but not holding my breath!

23.02.2026 17:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thanks for making so much work for me @mumumouse2.bsky.social 😡
5 papers with identical plots!
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23.02.2026 17:40 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Almost a duplication but not quite.
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23.02.2026 17:02 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ChatGPT is taking ages to write my response to you. Will come back shortly. ;-)

23.02.2026 15:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Another incontrovertible find by @mumumouse2.bsky.social
Feel a bit sorry for the publisher who is punished for publishing a hi res image! Why are images in papers such low resolution??
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22.02.2026 21:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Interested to see author's response to this duplication found by @elisabethbik.bsky.social
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22.02.2026 19:31 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks. I am sure they are more. Feel free to add it to pubpeer.

22.02.2026 16:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Depressing that a huge proportion of image misconduct is in Cancer research.

Paper published 20 years back. Clear signs of Photoshop. First reports on PubPeer was 2024. @grumpygasbag.bsky.social pointed to more problems. I have just done another animation based on that.
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22.02.2026 14:39 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Author: "A portion of this micrograph has been modified in order to obtain a nicer image."
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22.02.2026 09:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for seeing these in the first place! And thank you for your bravery against the countless personal attacks.

22.02.2026 08:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Author: "We respectfully disagree with the interpretation that the highlighted regions represent duplicated areas."
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Found by @elisabethbik.bsky.social

21.02.2026 23:32 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Found by @elisabethbik.bsky.social

21.02.2026 23:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Author:
"The regions highlighted by ImageTwin likely reflect similarities introduced by grid or imaging artifacts during data acquisition rather than data manipulation."
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21.02.2026 23:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Found by the inimitable @mumumouse2.bsky.social BTW

21.02.2026 22:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mysterious similarities in XRD graphs
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21.02.2026 22:06 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

And multicoloured too. 😀

21.02.2026 18:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It a good excuse to say hi! 😀

21.02.2026 18:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hi Clare. Is this open to anyone? I have tried to register and seem to be going round in circles – criticism of me, not AUP!!

21.02.2026 14:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0