时隔17年,这篇一区SCI因图片重复问题终于被撤稿了
现在技术越来越先进,特别是对于鉴别图片重复问题,例如这篇2004年发表的一区SCI就是因为图片重复使用问题于2021年3月5日被撤稿了,文章发表在British Journal of Cancer上,该期刊属于nature子刊,也是专业内的老牌期刊。这篇文章多张图片涉嫌与别的文章重复,由于作者没有办法提供原始数据证明就期刊编辑部撤稿了。
文章题目:Retraction Note to: Id-1 stimulates cell proliferation through activation of EGFR in ovarian cancer cells
官方撤稿理由如下:
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article because serious concerns have been raised about integrity of the data. Specifically:
Figure 1a—the Id-1 and Actin bands for the Skov3 panel appear to be very similar.
The Actin bands in the Ovca433 panel in Figure 1a seem very similar to the Actin bands for the Ovca433 panel in Figure 4a.
Figure 1a—it appears that some images have been published earlier with different labels by some of the same authors.
In Figure 1b the Actin band for the Ovca420 panel and the Actin band for the Ovca432 panel seem to be mirror images[1,2].
The authors were unable to provide raw data. The data reported in this article are therefore unreliable.
S.W. Tsao agrees to this retraction. The editor was not able to obtain a current email address for X. Zhang, M.-T. Ling, H. Feng, Y.C. Wong and X. Wang.
参考文章:
1、Ling, M., Wang, X. S., Ouyang, X., Xu, K., Tsao, S. W. & Wong, Y. C. Id-1 expression promotes cell survival through activation of NF-kB signalling pathway in prostate cancer cells. Oncogene 22, 4498–4508, https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1206693 (2003).
2、Cheung, H. W., Ling, M.-t, Tsao, S. W., Wong, Y. C. & Wang, X. Id-1-induced Raf/MEK pathway activation is essential for its protective role against taxol-induced apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. Carcinogenesis 25, 881–887, https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgh087 (2004).
图片重复使用细节问题:
撤稿官网:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-021-01322-z#author-information
参考链接:https://pubpeer.com/publications/3C214F7C44E6D22BD9F8FA367BD232