Definition
Plain language
A chemist whose withdrawn paper is used in the study as a test case the models kept building on.
As stated in the literature
Author of a retracted polymer chemistry result used as a TRACES probe; notable because one model fabricated a nonexistent follow-up study attributed to him.
Why it matters: It shows how a model building on a discredited paper can compound the problem by inventing supporting literature.
For example, a model asked to extend this withdrawn chemistry result not only carried on as if it held, but cited a follow-up study that does not exist.
Heard on the show
“It was the only model to name both the Schön and the Bielawski retractions unprompted.”Episode 240 — Frontier Models Designed Follow-Ups To Fraudulent Papers 93% Of The Time