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Data re-use warrants correction at PNAS

March 25, 2013 by ferniglab


I have just spotted a correction to A. Centrone, E. Penzo, M. Sharma, J. W. Myerson, A. M. Jackson, N. Marzari, and F. Stellacci, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008, 105, 9886–9891.
To quote:
Correction for “The role of nanostructure in the wetting behavior of mixed-monolayer-protected metal nanoparticles,” by A. Centrone, E. Penzo, M. Sharma, J.W. Myerson, A. M. Jackson, N. Marzari, and F. Stellacci, which appeared in issue 29, July 22, 2008, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (105:9886–9891; first published July 10, 2008; 10.1073/pnas.0803929105).
The authors note that Fig. 1 appeared incorrectly. The scanning tunneling microscopy image shown in the left inset has been replaced. The corrected figure and its legend appear below. This error does not affect the conclusions of the article.

Updated 3 November 2013

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  1. on March 25, 2013 at 9:40 pm Raphaël Lévy

    I am not sure to what extent this ‘correction’ solves the ‘insoluble contradiction’:
    http://raphazlab.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/insolublecontradiction/


  2. on March 25, 2013 at 9:51 pm ferniglab

    Perhaps after all we will indeed be overrun by rabbits popping out at alarming (but regular) frequency of the magician’s hat. Luckily, I have some good recipes.


  3. on March 27, 2013 at 11:21 am little grey rabbit

    “Luckily, I have some good recipes.”

    Eeekkk!


  4. on March 27, 2013 at 11:28 am ferniglab

    Yes, I can see why this would horrify you – but what do you suggest in the event of the magician’s hat going out of control?


  5. on March 28, 2013 at 12:51 am Correct correction? | Ferniglab's Blog

    […] « Data re-use warrants correction at PNAS: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil […]


  6. on March 31, 2013 at 1:43 am littlegreyrabbit

    Hmmm…something like this perhaps?
    http://melissadixson.typepad.com/.a/6a01053659f647970b0120a5571d5e970b-pi

    A sculpture by someone I interacted with online. It is of course quite possible he made it before he encountered me – but for obvious reasons I like to believe I was the inspiration (although I am sure I was not the inspiration for your post!).


    • on March 31, 2013 at 3:12 pm ferniglab

      The fate of that rabbit is probably not too different to that of a normal scientist when they point out that the emperor has no clothes.


  7. on April 2, 2013 at 10:10 pm Differential responses need new mathematics | Ferniglab's Blog

    […] A subject of a previous posting (and here), an image from a Nature Materials paper is re-used for a different experiment in a […]


  8. on May 5, 2013 at 8:13 pm Thesaurus of Euphemisms | Ferniglab's Blog

    […] “Re-use of “stripes”“, “Correct correction?” and “Data re-use warrants correction at PNAS: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil“. In my post Chalk and Cheese, I highlighted an exemplary retraction by a physicist. It is […]


  9. on May 7, 2013 at 10:18 am Stripy nanoparticles: update from MIT ombudsman | Ferniglab's Blog

    […] of an image being re-used to describe a different experiment, which so far has resulted in a correction. MIT have got back to me stating that they don’t have a report for me yet (I guess Friday was […]


  10. on May 18, 2013 at 2:13 pm Latest score: EPFL 1- MIT 0 | Ferniglab's Blog

    […] There have been corrections at some journals, including one at PNAS where data were re-used to describe a completely different experiment (here and here). […]


  11. on June 22, 2013 at 4:41 pm Raccomandata, tragi-comica – Ocasapiens - Blog - Repubblica.it

    […] 2006  (tutto fermo dal 2010?). Nel frattempo, la controversia sulle sue particelle d’oro a (presunte) strisce per molecole terapeutiche continua dal […]


  12. on October 8, 2013 at 4:34 pm Peer review, stings and editors | Ferniglab's Blog

    […] fares peer review? Same as ever, very uneven. This summer saw yet another paper on so-called “Stripy nanoparticles” published in ACS Nano. Those following this saga will look at the data and […]


  13. on November 3, 2013 at 2:52 pm Well over the line: an update | Le Blog

    […] education. Update 3 November 2013 the re-used figures have been the subject of corrections, see here and […]


  14. on November 3, 2013 at 2:56 pm Well over the line: when does “minor” become “major”? | Le Blog

    […] 3 November 2013 Cases 1 and 5 have been subject to a correction in the relevant […]


  15. on February 6, 2014 at 11:04 pm A birthday question | Ferniglab Blog

    […] These instances included re-using a figure in a subsequent paper to describe a completely different experiment. It is well worth noting that two of these instances of data re-use resulted in corrections, albeit after a degree of pressure was placed on editors (see here and here) […]


  16. on January 29, 2015 at 4:52 pm Identity theft: a new low in the stripy nanoparticles controversy | Rapha-z-lab

    […] in different articles. This eventually led to two corrections, one at Nature Materials and one at PNAS.  An EPFL investigation was triggered, opened, and, eventually, following the report of an […]



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