Proliferation of Faulty Materials Data Analysis in the Literature

As a group of subject matter experts in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), we write this letter to raise awareness of the epidemic of poor and incorrect materials data analysis in the Literature. This is a chronic and growing problem with very undesirable consequences. This issue may contribute...

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Published in:Microscopy and microanalysis Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors: Linford, Matthew R., Smentkowski, Vincent S., Grant, John T., Brundle, C. Richard, Sherwood, Peter M.A., Biesinger, Mark C., Terry, Jeff, Artyushkova, Kateryna, Herrera-Gómez, Alberto, Tougaard, Sven, Skinner, William, Pireaux, Jean-Jacques, McConville, Christopher F., Easton, Christopher D., Gengenbach, Thomas R., Major, George H., Dietrich, Paul, Thissen, Andreas, Engelhard, Mark, Powell, Cedric J., Gaskell, Karen J., Baer, Donald R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.02.2020
Microscopy Society of America (MSA)
Subjects:
Data analysis
Data collection
Experts
materials analysis
Materials information
MATERIALS SCIENCE
reproducibility
Researchers
X ray photoelectron spectroscopy
XPS
United States > US
ISSN:1431-9276, 1435-8115, 1435-8115
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Summary:As a group of subject matter experts in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), we write this letter to raise awareness of the epidemic of poor and incorrect materials data analysis in the Literature. This is a chronic and growing problem with very undesirable consequences. This issue may contribute to what has been identified as a “reproducibility crisis”1,2 that was the subject of a recent U.S. National Academies study. We are using XPS as one example of what we observe to be a systemic issue.
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USDOE
AC05-76RL01830
PNNL-SA-141475
ISSN:1431-9276
1435-8115
1435-8115
DOI:10.1017/S1431927619015332