Fake pictures. Falsification of scientific images and current advances in forensic analysis. Case analysis
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Francisco López Cantos
flopez@uji.es
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Alejandro Maestre Gasteazi
alejandro.maestre@imagencientifica.es
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https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-48672019000100209Abstract
This research is a tour through scientific fraud with special emphasis on the impact that the dissemination of false scientific images has historically had, in order to subsequently make an approximation to the latest advances in techniques of analysis and detection of false images, using two case studies as an example. It is concluded that the use of forensic analysis techniques and image expertise contributes to limiting the current impact that the fake news/fake pictures pandemic is having on all areas of communication in general and, as far as we are concerned in this paper, is becoming increasingly relevant in the research activity and public communication of science.
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