Elisabeth Bik

Elisabeth Bik
Bik in 2019
Born
Elisabeth Margaretha Bik

1966 (age 57–58)
Netherlands
Alma materUtrecht University (MSc, PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisCholera: vaccine development and evolution of epidemic Vibrio cholerae strains (1996)
Notes
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Elisabeth Margaretha Harbers-Bik (born 1966) is a Dutch microbiologist and scientific integrity consultant.[1] Bik is known for her work detecting photo manipulation in scientific publications,[2][3][4] and identifying over 4,000 potential cases of improper research conduct.[5] Bik is the founder of Microbiome Digest,[6] a blog with daily updates on microbiome research, and the Science Integrity Digest blog.[7][8]

Bik was awarded the 2021 John Maddox Prize for "outstanding work exposing widespread threats to research integrity in scientific papers".[9]

  1. ^ Abbott, Alison (2019-11-19). "The science institutions hiring integrity inspectors to vet their papers". Nature. 575 (7783): 430–433. Bibcode:2019Natur.575..430A. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03529-w. PMID 31745367.
  2. ^ Shen, Helen (13 May 2020). "Meet this super-spotter of duplicated images in science papers". Nature. 581 (7807): 132–136. Bibcode:2020Natur.581..132S. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01363-z. PMID 32405024.
  3. ^ Adee, Sally (12 February 2019). "The Fraud Finder: A conversation with Elisabeth Bik". The Last Word On Nothing.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "The science detective on a mission to stamp out shoddy research". Times Higher Education (THE). 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  6. ^ "Microbiome Digest". MicrobiomeDigest.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  7. ^ "Science Integrity Digest". ScienceIntegrityDigest.com. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  8. ^ "Maddox Prize 2019". senseaboutscience.org. Sense about Science. 11 November 2019.
  9. ^ "John Maddox Prize 2021 Winners Announcement". Sense About Science. December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.