You Give Labs A Bad Name

As an avid reader of the New York Times online edition, I browse news and feature articles multiple times a day, frequently getting to my daily Wordle, Connections, and, of course, the Times Crossword with giddy anticipation. But through the years of getting more than world events from this paper, I have read, with increasing dismay, several articles involving the falsification of data in articles published in prestigious journals.1,2 A couple of deep dives reveal other articles showcasing manipulated data, flipped pictures of purported results, and reused images in the name of publications and grants. This reality seemed so far removed from my daily life. That is until a year or so ago when, out of a mixture of ignorance and hubris, I accepted the role of editor-in-chief of this, our official journal.