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Mbourgon ,

Pretty easy/good read. Tl;dr - image manipulation in submitted papers can be found via AI, and there are online groups hunting for it.

“Now, the long-standing problem is in the national spotlight, and new artificial intelligence tools are only making it easier to spot problems that range from decades-old errors and sloppy science to images enhanced unethically in photo-editing software. “

floofloof OP ,

I recommend the Freakonomics podcasts on this issue:

freakonomics.com/…/why-is-there-so-much-fraud-in-…

freakonomics.com/…/can-academic-fraud-be-stopped/

homesweethomeMrL ,

Jana Christopher, an expert on scientific images who works for the Federation of European Biochemical Societies and its journals, said the field of image integrity screening has grown rapidly since she began working in it about 15 years ago.

At the time, “nobody was doing this and people were kind of in denial about research fraud,” Christopher said. “The common view was that it was very rare and every now and then you would find someone who fudged their results.”

Today, scientific journals have entire teams dedicated to dealing with images and trying to ensure their accuracy. More papers are being retracted than ever — with a record 10,000-plus pulled last year, according to a Nature analysis.

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