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Nature 410, 144 (8 March 2001) | doi:10.1038/35065834

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A question of intent: when is a 'schematic' illustration a fraud?

Michael K. Richardson1 & Gerhard Keuck2

  1. Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, Leiden University, Kaiserstraat 63, Postbus 9516, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
  2. R&D Documentation, Aventis CropScience GmbH, Industriepark Höchst, K607, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Scientific images are at the centre of recent allegations of 'bad science' (for example, the 'Indonesian coelacanth' story1). How can we identify fraudulent alterations in scientific illustrations?