This week another three papers have been retracted from Nature Cell Biology journal authored by S. Kato. Until now more than 25 papers have been retracted from highly prestigious journals including Nature and PNAS authored by him because of manipulation of the figures and data. His papers have been cited more than 10000 times!!
According to retraction watch blog (http://retractionwatch.com/) so many retractions every week!!
I start to be -or may be became- skeptic in the scientific data that already published and will be published depend on these fake data !!! I am worried about the future of science.
How can we deal with this big problem?
From etymological point of view, science cognates Greek skhizein "to split, rend, cleave, to divide, to separate; finally to get closer to the “truth”. The theoretical truth (Greek episteme) and the way (methods) of obtaining practical results (tekhne – Greek word τέχνη), is the basis of our civilization. The progress of Science is strictly linked to three major elements; freedom, imagination/creativity and ethics. No other rules can apply. Vassilis.
From etymological point of view, science cognates Greek skhizein "to split, rend, cleave, to divide, to separate; finally to get closer to the “truth”. The theoretical truth (Greek episteme) and the way (methods) of obtaining practical results (tekhne – Greek word τέχνη), is the basis of our civilization. The progress of Science is strictly linked to three major elements; freedom, imagination/creativity and ethics. No other rules can apply. Vassilis.
most prestigious jorunals publish data that mostly unreproducible. it may arise from bilateral relations. science should be universal in the ground of fair.
The truth will come out, one way or another.
Replicated science practice for verification is important, which does not imply that results will be the same across studies dealing with the same topic. Spatiotemporal variation in biological expression is shown in many study systems
The researcher with such brilliant scientific metrics,10,042 Citations, 2,089.34 Impact Points... (source ResearchGate) should give the response. It would be good to share this thread with him and his collaborators!
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shigeaki_Kato
It is really shocking to hear such news. If you look to his contributions, he has contributed to more than 300 articles and most of them were published in highly reputable journals. This gives a big question mark about these journals as well. is it the bilateral relations and leaning toward certain authors at the expense of credibility and reliability as mentioned above?
I am with most of the above statements especially that of Vassilis Doucas. I would like to quote Vassilis (The progress of Science is strictly linked to three major elements; freedom, imagination/creativity and ethics.) and to add Money.
Perhaps efficient researchers can do the same with less money, or not?
Problems can only be solved when they are identified with precision, which obviously also involves problems related to science practice.
Dear ALL, thanks for sharing your idea.
I would like to share a great initiative by Nature and Science; the editorial of this week issues of both emphasizes on the problem and what you have suggested to solve the problem.
http://www.nature.com/news/journals-unite-for-reproducibility-1.16259?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20141106
I wish all journals can implement this initiative.
Regards.
http://retractionwatch.com/2014/12/02/shigeaki-kato-up-to-33-retractions-with-five-papers-cited-a-total-of-450-times/#more-24221
"If no action is taken it seems clear that over time, the public confidence in science and research could entirely erode away", Oslo University Hospital’s Morten Oksvold.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/43321/title/Widespread-Data-Duplication/
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