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COSIG @cosig.net · 14d

What is a "calculation chain" file? How can I easily identify duplicated values in a table?

COSIG's 31st guide is all about data forensics using Microsoft Excel!

osf.io/bz725

As always, all guides are available at cosig.net.

COSIG: The Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides
Newest version available at cosig.net!

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COSIG @cosig.net · 22d

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PubPeer - TFPI-2 suppresses breast cancer cell proliferation and invas...

There are comments on PubPeer for publication: TFPI-2 suppresses breast cancer cell proliferation and invasion through regulation of ERK signaling and interaction with actinin-4 and myosin-9 (2018)

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COSIG @cosig.net · 22d

Adjusting the black/white levels in an image can reveal inconsistencies barely perceptible to the naked eye.

A 2018 article in Scientific Reports was just retracted as a result of several such inconsistencies.

Check out COSIG's guide on software for image forensics here: osf.io/g23pf

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COSIG @cosig.net · 27d

Starting in 10 minutes!

COSIG @cosig.net · Sep 8

This Friday, September 12, COSIG maintainer @reeserichardson.bsky.social will be participating in a panel discussion (16:00 CEST, 10:00 AM EDT) as part of the all-day event "Making Sense of Open Science" hosted by the Czech Academy of Sciences. Watch online!

www.projekt-amulet.cz/index.php/en...

Public Hearing on Open Science | Project AMULET

Making Sense of Open SciencePublic Hearing on the Principles and Practices of Data Management, Publishing Regimes, and Public Engagement in Science Location: Rooms 205 and 206, main building of the Cz...

www.projekt-amulet.cz

COSIG @cosig.net · Sep 8

This Friday, September 12, COSIG maintainer @reeserichardson.bsky.social will be participating in a panel discussion (16:00 CEST, 10:00 AM EDT) as part of the all-day event "Making Sense of Open Science" hosted by the Czech Academy of Sciences. Watch online!

www.projekt-amulet.cz/index.php/en...

Public Hearing on Open Science | Project AMULET

Making Sense of Open SciencePublic Hearing on the Principles and Practices of Data Management, Publishing Regimes, and Public Engagement in Science Location: Rooms 205 and 206, main building of the Cz...

www.projekt-amulet.cz

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COSIG @cosig.net · Sep 4

Yagmur's poster abstract is available here: peerreviewcongress.org/abstract/cit...

Citation Context Analysis of Retracted Articles: Leveraging Retraction Reasons to Track Unreliability in Citing Literature - Peer Review Congress

Yagmur Ozturk,1 Frédérique Bordignon,2,3 Cyril Labbé,1 François Portet1 Objective To address the challenge of tracking the use of unreliable sources in scientific literature, we analyzed citations to ...

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COSIG @cosig.net · Sep 4

Here we are!

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COSIG @cosig.net · Sep 4

DM us and we'll coordinate a meetup!

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COSIG @cosig.net · Sep 3

COSIG maintainers Reese Richardson and Yagmur Ozturk are at #PRC10 in Chicago! Come find us to talk about post-publication peer review!

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COSIG @cosig.net · Aug 12

Stocking the Librarian’s Publishing Integrity Toolkit

The number of tools available to help library staff identify potential research misconduct is rapidly expanding. Here are some recommendations.

By Matthew Goddard and Zachariah Motts

katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Stocking the Librarian’s Publishing Integrity Toolkit

The number of tools available to help library staff identify potential research misconduct is rapidly expanding. Here are some recommendations.

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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · Aug 6

Want to get involved finding problematic scientific articles? Check out the Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides at cosig.net!

@cosig.net

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jul 22

One of the issues raised in this commentary is data leakage between the training set and the validation set. Check out COSIG's entry on data leakage here: osf.io/d8mzb

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jul 16

On Monday, July 21 at @reeserichardson.bsky.social will be giving a talk about COSIG for Open Research Summer School, organized by @kingsioppn.bsky.social!

Online attendance for all of Open Research Summer School is free! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-resea...

Open Research Summer School

Join us at the Open Research Summer School for a deep dive into the world of research - see you there on 21 to 25 July 2025 at 8:30 AM!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jul 10

See any publishers missing? Reach out here or at [email protected]!

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jul 10

Our entry on reporting publication integrity issues to publishers has contact information to reach the publication integrity and publication ethics departments at most major scholarly publishers. Read here: osf.io/4edk2

All of COSIG is available at cosig.net!

Contact information for integrity/ethics teams at major publishers
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, Science, Science
Advances, etc.): science_data@aaas.org.
• American Chemical Society (ACS): Each journal usually has contact information
for a managing editor, usually at managing.editor@<journal-url>.org
• American Society for Microbiology: ethics.journals@asmusa.org
• British Medical Journal (BMJ): publication.ethics@bmj.com
• Elsevier (Elsevier, Cell Press, etc.): ethicsexpert@elsevier.com
• Frontiers: research.integrity@frontiersin.org
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): pub-ethics@ieee.org
• Karger: publication.ethics@karger.com
• MDPI: publication.ethics@mdpi.com
• Oxford University Press: journals.ethics@oup.com
• PLOS: pub-ethics@plos.org
• Rockefeller University Press (Journal of Cell Biology, Life Science Alliance, etc.):
integrity@rupress.org
• Sage (Sage, Mary-Ann Liebert): publication_ethics@sagepub.com
• Springer Nature (Springer, Nature, BMC): ethics.reporting@springernature.com
• Taylor & Francis (Taylor & Francis, Dove Medical Press, CRC Press, Routledge):
ethics@tandf.co.uk
• Thieme: publishingethics@thieme.de
• Wiley (Wiley, Hindawi, FEBS Press): researchintegrity@wiley.com

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jul 3

This mistake was identified by Nanarchaea binnaburra on PubPeer: pubpeer.com/publications...

PubPeer - Lithium for acute mania

There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Lithium for acute mania (2019)

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jul 3

A 2019 Cochrane systematic review on using lithium to treat acute mania confuses standard error (SE) with standard deviation (SD) for two studies included in a meta-analysis, resulting in an overestimation of overall effect size in that meta-analysis.

See COSIG's guide on the topic: osf.io/hp4yd

A comparison of the original meta-analysis for Outcome 3 shown in https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004048.pub4 and a corrected meta-analysis. Created by Nanarchaea binnaburra on PubPeer: https://pubpeer.com/publications/16EA56FE44642BA4284D5B02694875

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jul 2

The latest version of COSIG is always available at cosig.net !

Matt Spick (orcid.org/0000-0002-94...) provided the initial draft for the data leakage guide.

Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides

COSIG hosts accessible guides for performing post-publication peer review. Hosted on the Open Science Framework

cosig.net

COSIG @cosig.net · Jul 2

"Data leakage" occurs when a statistical or machine learning model has access to data it shouldn't during the training process. This can lead to severe overestimation of a model's predictive performance.

Data leakage is the subject of COSIG's 30th guide! Read here: osf.io/d8mzb

COSIG: Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides
Newest version available at cosig.net!

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jun 26

The issues with this image were spotted by Abrostola urentis on PubPeer: pubpeer.com/publications...

PubPeer - Hybrid photovoltaic solar system performance enriched by ada...

There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Hybrid photovoltaic solar system performance enriched by adaptation of silicon carbide made porous medium (2024)

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jun 26

A recent article on preventing solar cells from overheating using nanoparticles presents this TEM image. However, this image contains apparent duplications. Can you spot them? Answers in PubPeer thread below.

See COSIG's guide on image duplication: osf.io/547re

A TEM image of nanoparticles immersed in a fluid. Two regions are circled and labeled SiO2 and Al2O3.

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FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social · Jun 23

Anyone can help safeguard science🔎💡

That's the spirit behind COSIG, a brilliant, community-led #OpenScource project that empowers anyone to take part in post-publication peer review, or #Sleuthing

Huge congrats to the team behind it🎉

We'll be recommending it widely!

#ResearchIntegrity

COSIG @cosig.net · Jun 4

Anyone can do post-publication peer review.
Anyone can be a steward of the scientific literature.
Anyone can do forensic metascience.
Anyone can sleuth.

That's why we are launching COSIG: the Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides, an open source resource for all of the above.

cosig.net

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jun 19

The latest version of COSIG now contains 29 guides and includes updates to guides on nucleotide reagents and plagiarism. The latest version of COSIG is always available at cosig.net!

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jun 19

One excellent place to get started is with the Problematic Paper Screener, which automatically scans the scientific literature for various problematic fingerprints.

www.irit.fr/~Guillaume.C...

Redirecting...

Daily screening of problematic papers found in the literature with tortured phrases or algorithmically generated text.

www.irit.fr

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COSIG @cosig.net · Jun 19

Do you want to take part in post-publication peer review but have no idea where to start? COSIG's newest guide covers exactly this, going over some basics and suggestions on how to get started with PPPR/forensic metascience/sleuthing!

cosig.net

"Getting started" guide: osf.io/8m2tz

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