3 papers
cs.SE2025
Use as Directed? A Comparison of Software Tools Intended to Check Rigor and Transparency of Published Work
Peter Eckmann, Adrian Barnett, Alexandra Bannach-Brown +17
The causes of the reproducibility crisis include lack of standardization and transparency in scientific reporting. Checklists such as ARRIVE and CONSORT seek to improve transparenc…
cs.DL2025
Detection of metadata manipulations: Finding sneaked references in the scholarly literature
Lonni Besançon, Guillaume Cabanac, Cyril Labbé +4
We report evidence of a new set of sneaked references discovered in the scientific literature. Sneaked references are references registered in the metadata of publications without…
cs.DL2024
The existence of stealth corrections in scientific literature -- a threat to scientific integrity
Rene Aquarius, Floris Schoeters, Nick Wise +2
Introduction: Thorough maintenance of the scientific record is needed to ensure the trustworthiness of its content. This can be undermined by a stealth correction, which is at leas…