tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010505890506526002.post1411265225993379576..comments2024-03-28T04:13:01.539-04:00Comments on Just Like Cooking: Fukuyama Mea Culpa in Organic Letters CorrectionsSee Arr Ohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09464185815368499346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010505890506526002.post-62716940379162696012014-04-02T16:31:11.824-04:002014-04-02T16:31:11.824-04:00Another swag of corrections concerning recent tota...Another swag of corrections concerning recent total syntheses by Fukuyama et al has this time been published in JACS - so other journals are clearly looking closely at their recently provided supplementary material. How "the changes do not influence any of the conclusions of the article" remains baffling - for a start the yields are likely >20% inflated - check out the original NMR in 'un-tampered' SI - are these corrections really sufficient? If people are prepared to doctor spectra, then they cannot be far away from doctoring results, which means doctored science. Maybe a one-year ban on publishing in ACS journals would be appropriate? The buck stops with the PI and Fukuyama should take full responsibility. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010505890506526002.post-52401755699578811212014-02-10T08:40:44.908-05:002014-02-10T08:40:44.908-05:00Or you can say "super-post-docs"Or you can say "super-post-docs"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010505890506526002.post-20401432049318547042014-02-05T16:53:22.847-05:002014-02-05T16:53:22.847-05:00Can you provide a link?
Thanks.Can you provide a link?<br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010505890506526002.post-29407562376942737902014-02-05T09:19:31.703-05:002014-02-05T09:19:31.703-05:00Yokoshima is the associate professor in Fukuyama&#...Yokoshima is the associate professor in Fukuyama's group. Actually chemistry professors in Japan have laboratories in a completely different way. Associate professors and assistant professors are not independent but just working as members under a full professor (They are even still doing experiments like other students and Post-docs). In such case, it is very hard to say who is the actual indicator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010505890506526002.post-59546112479360954902014-02-04T13:13:56.498-05:002014-02-04T13:13:56.498-05:00The "Mega correction" noted a while back...The "Mega correction" noted a while back at Retraction Watch. Manipulation of data without describing this in the experimental section ("we removed peaks x, y, z,"; "we spliced lanes x, y, z"; "we used fig X form paper y to describe this completely different experiment", etc.) seems to result in mega corrections, rather than plain 'ol retractions. There may be a bit of a trend, though someone needs to look at the individual cases. It is an interesting development, since journals and editors are perhaps putting their heads above the parapet here, in terms of taking one line of action, when others are open. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010505890506526002.post-80318479975562771712014-02-04T12:31:29.226-05:002014-02-04T12:31:29.226-05:00I cannot help be remark that, in the 6 articles, t...I cannot help be remark that, in the 6 articles, there is one name coming back 5 times. It never comes out as first author though.<br />I really hope Pr. Fukuyama was not forced to do so, and, as a French, I REALLY hope Pr. Cossy will issue a full on correction, with the undoctored spectra, instead of that "this manuscript in currently under review" crap...I also note that she still is on the editorial board at Org Lett. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com