Multiple investigations have been launched into allegations of blatant duplications by a research group in Malaysia.
Last week, users alleged on Twitter that three papers by the same team included pictures of cells that were copied and pasted. First author Nima Samie, affiliated with University of Malaya in Malaysia, denied the accusations — but both the Malaysian government and now two journals sees cause for further investigation.
Frontiers in Pharmacology published an expression of concern this morning: