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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Another depressing set of figures in a paper on Cancer research :-( A colleague noted that the PubPeer poster and our colleagues spent more time on these figures than the authors did. youtu.be/m58oMTJ9knY pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Two images in two publications with shared authors. Identical except around the scale bar. pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The vast majority of possible image misconduct that I see in scholarly publishing is in Cancer research. This is so depressing. Here are two papers with duplicated images. youtu.be/kdT0XMx-Mro pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This is a problem in publishing, with a particular relevance to Humanities and Social Sciences. We are working on solving the problem and ensuring authors get credit for their work.

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

@mumumouse2.bsky.social has been finding a lot of cases of identical XRD plots in the same chart and across different papers. Here are 4 papers using the same plot. youtu.be/NAXSlpha0kM pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Satisfying but depressing at the same time. What hope is there for the communication of scientific research? Found by @sholtodavid.bsky.social pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Surprising similarity between curves pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Identical XRD spectra apart from a tiny difference. pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Author: "After carefully check of the results, we are sure that they were different WB bands from different experiments" What do you think folks? pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Thanks for making so much work for me @mumumouse2.bsky.social 😡 5 papers with identical plots! pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Almost a duplication but not quite. pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Another incontrovertible find by @mumumouse2.bsky.social Feel a bit sorry for the publisher who is punished for publishing a hi res image! Why are images in papers such low resolution?? pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Interested to see author's response to this duplication found by @elisabethbik.bsky.social pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Depressing that a huge proportion of image misconduct is in Cancer research. Paper published 20 years back. Clear signs of Photoshop. First reports on PubPeer was 2024. @grumpygasbag.bsky.social pointed to more problems. I have just done another animation based on that. pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Author: "A portion of this micrograph has been modified in order to obtain a nicer image." pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Author: "We respectfully disagree with the interpretation that the highlighted regions represent duplicated areas." pubpeer.com/publications... Found by @elisabethbik.bsky.social

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Author: "The regions highlighted by ImageTwin likely reflect similarities introduced by grid or imaging artifacts during data acquisition rather than data manipulation." pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Mysterious similarities in XRD graphs pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I was kindly asked by @alpsp.bsky.social to create an educational video on XML in scholarly publishing. I was more than happy to do so and decided to use some analogies to make it more accessible. Any comments on how to improve it would be welcome. www.youtube.com/watch?v=98pu...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Images suspiciously edited. Waiting 5 years for explanation from authors. pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

So many of these western blots that have been duplicated. It's both satisfying and depressing when they match well. This is one of 1000s found by @elisabethbik.bsky.social The clear matching noise in the background noise is the tell tale sign here. pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I am sure the authors have a good explanation! pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

One of my biggest gripes with publishers is that the images they publish are not of high enough resolution. Here is an example of a high resolution image that leaves no doubt about the misconduct in an image. Found by my friend @mumumouse2.bsky.social pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Image duplication found by René Aquarius. One of 5500 animations we have created to support the tireless image sleuths. pubpeer.com/publications...

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River Valley Technologies @rivervalley1000.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Very proud that River Valley Technologies won the #SSP2025 Gold award for Submission Systems. Thank you to our amazing team. bit.ly/3SuR6va #PeerReview #Publishing #ScienceCommunication #AcademicPublishing

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Astonishing that authors openly admit they modified figures to make them look "nicer". youtu.be/QodHksO3n5M pubpeer.com/publications...

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River Valley Technologies @rivervalley1000.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

It has been a huge pleasure to work with @gigabytejournal.bsky.social and to ensure we maximize the metadata in their publications. Proud of the @crossref.bsky.social prize awarded to GigaByte.

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Some authors are astonishingly laid back regarding manipulation of images. This one takes the biscuit: "A portion of this micrograph has been modified in order to obtain a nicer image..." 🤯 We made an animation to show the modifications: pubpeer.com/publications... Can't get over it!

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PubPeer - COX-2 expression positively correlates with PD-L1 expression...

There are comments on PubPeer for publication: COX-2 expression positively correlates with PD-L1 expression in human melanoma cells (2017)

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Megan All Hallows Eve @meganeve.eurosky.social · 14/04/2025

Open Access people - is there a list/database anywhere that notes when hybrid journals have flipped to Gold? 🟩

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Just re-upping this.

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River Valley Technologies @rivervalley1000.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

River Valley launches ReView 3.0 with Research Integrity checks! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Zeeba TV @zeebatv.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Yet another amazing find by @elisabethbik.bsky.social. And sadly, yet again in Cancer research. :-( youtu.be/KRVU2WPoFAc pubpeer.com/publications...

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Zeeba TV @zeebatv.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Thanks to @academic-integrity.bsky.social for spotting the huge number of duplications and manipulations here. It took us a while to create the animation, but worth it! youtu.be/zAGdiXrRkhY pubpeer.com/publications...

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Zeeba TV @zeebatv.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Astonishing find by @mumumouse2.bsky.social We extracted the vector images and reduced the line width to get a precise match! youtu.be/Lz829CHDoNk pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Great podcast with the inimitable Mu Yang.

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Zeeba TV @zeebatv.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Where would we be without PhotoShop! youtu.be/wuky1qk5cVk pubpeer.com/publications...

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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

India has just announced One Nation One Subscription, which appears to be a nationwide reads-only Big Deal, though which publishers are involved is not yet clear: pib.gov.in/PressReleseD...

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Cabinet approves One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved One Nation One Subscri

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Zeeba TV @zeebatv.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

We sometimes wonder why we do not publish images at higher resolution in journals. Perversely, images that *are* higher resolution make it easier to spot duplication, like this one. Thanks to @elisabethbik.bsky.social as ever for spotting this. youtu.be/MrE4ILm6_-g pubpeer.com/publications...

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Zeeba TV @zeebatv.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

We've just passed 3000 posts on @pubpeer.com Thanks to the amazing sleuths who provided us with so much material. @elisabethbik.bsky.social @mumumouse2.bsky.social @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social @smutclyde.bsky.social @deadneanderthals.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social and many others (1/2)

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Zeeba TV @zeebatv.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Apparent duplication in images youtu.be/foHH3Vmr4OA pubpeer.com/publications...

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Kaveh Bazargan @kaveh1000.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Trying to work out if this is a message or a massage from the director!! pragnyaspeechcenter.co.in/directors-ma...

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Director’s Massage - Pragnya Speech Center

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Zeeba TV @zeebatv.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Areas of figures "more similar than expected"! youtu.be/_9wGPBjWQwE

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Zeeba TV @zeebatv.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Author claimed the curves were not identical. We managed to extract the vector files from the PDF, reduced the line width, then animated the result: youtu.be/_DffmNko2zo pubpeer.com/publications...