Journal That Published Faulty Black Plastic Study Removed From Science Index (arstechnica.com)
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- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/12/19/1941219/journal-that-published-faulty-black-plastic-study-removed-from-science-index
- Source link: https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/journal-that-published-faulty-black-plastic-study-removed-from-science-index/
> On December 16, Clarivate -- a scholarly publication analytics company -- removed the journal Chemosphere from its platform, the Web of Science, which is a key index for academic journals. The indexing platform tracks citations and calculates journal "impact factors," a proxy for relevance in its field. It's a critical metric not only for the journals but for the academic authors of the journal's articles, who use the score in their pursuit of promotions and research funding.
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> To be included in the Web of Science, Clarivate requires journals to follow editorial quality criteria. According to Retraction Watch, Chemosphere has retracted eight articles this month and published 60 expressions of concern since April. In a December 12 news release, Chemosphere acknowledged the quality concerns and laid out steps it will take to improve its editorial process. Those include improvements to article vetting and peer review, along with assurances that articles will be retracted if there's evidence of policy breaches. "We believe that these measures will help us regain the standard of research integrity that has always been so important to us," the news release stated.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/huge-math-error-corrected-in-black-plastic-study-authors-say-it-doesnt-matter/
[2] https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/journal-that-published-faulty-black-plastic-study-removed-from-science-index/
This is stupid (Score:2)
The error was not only identified and publicly acknowledged, but it wasn't even part of the core research, it was just a reference to the EPA.
Re:This is stupid (Score:4, Insightful)
It's not specifically about the black plastic study, but an apparent QC trend with the journal. I don't personally have the experience to determine whether the numbers reported for that journal are excessively high or not, so I cannot say whether the de-listing is being applied fairly or not.
Not just one article (Score:2)
> The error was not only identified and publicly acknowledged, but it wasn't even part of the core research
It was core to the conclusion though - the level of exposure dropped from being almost equal to the safe exposure limit to being a tenth of it. Plus triviality of the error does raise some questions about the level of peer review the paper - when your error is getting spotted by random people on the web it does tend to raise questions like this! However, no matter how "bad", by itself it is just one isolated incident and I'd agree not enough to pull a journal since mistakes can always happen but overall t
Is this like the hydroxychloroquine paper? (Score:2)
The study which said you could use horse paste to cure covid [1]has been finally retracted [science.org]. In both cases standard scientific protocols weren't followed which resulted in shoddy work and erroneous conclusions.
Looks like the scientific community is doing its job by removing junk science.
[1] https://www.science.org/content/article/infamous-paper-popularized-unproven-covid-19-treatment-finally-retracted
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However, kindergartners are encourage to keep eating paste, in order to maintain their ancestral traditions.
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It was ivermectin that got called "horse paste" (even tho it won a Nobel prize for its use in humans)
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I think it's more that people were buying ivermectin meant for animals at their local feed stores since most doctors weren't stupid enough to give the human version to people. Because side effects: [1]https://www.unmc.edu/healthsec... [unmc.edu]
[1] https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2023/03/14/an-ivermectin-influencer-died-now-his-followers-are-worried-about-their-own-severe-symptoms/
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First off my primary point was just that it wasn't hydroxychloroquine that received the horse paste monicker. But "Stupid enough"? Again, Ivermectine won a Nobel prize for its use in humans. In other countries like El Salvador it was provided with other vitamins as a care package for covid since they weren't given vaccines as readily as promised. I really don't even enjoy discussing this stuff vs. other topics, but the fearmongering around Ivermectin was some thought control applied purely in the US, as oth
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Sorry, I misread your post as saying that they "were stupid enough" to provide it.
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Except alas, that retracted articles do not always disappear. They may still be found somewhere in searches or on the internet and used by people who either are not aware they have been retracted or do not care because they fit their preconceived conclusions.
Chemosphere (Score:2)
I remember reading Chemosphere many years ago. It did not impress me as a high-quality journal then.
\o/ (Score:1)
Wow - so it is possible to go 'too far' !
Who'd have thunk?
What am I reading (Score:1)
Maybe it's just me but this seems like there is no real story. Was it AI generated or do I need more coffee to comprehend it.
Private company exploits event to raise profile (Score:2)
Why are we amplifying this?