As far back as 1835, when the New York Sun reported that there was life on the moon,[FOOTNOTE 1] false claims have been presented as scientific fact. In modern times, the principal remedy to such misrepresentations is the injunction of “peer review and publication” stressed in the National Academy of Sciences report, “Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward.” However, due to an uptick of dubious scientific data appearing in scholarly journals, another level of validation is required — citation analysis.
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