Abstract
Abstract
In an era where research data is readily accessible during the peer review process, several obstacles persist in verifying the data required for publication. While Supporting Information (SI) for all American Chemical Society (ACS) journals is freely available, there is no standardized review process, and errors frequently linger, despite peer review. The SI for submitted manuscripts routinely contains missing or incorrect data, as well as inconsistencies between the submitted manuscript and the SI. While rare, issues of data manipulation, including digitally altered spectra, and plagiarism have been identified. [1] For the past five years at the ACS journal Organic Letters, the SI for all manuscripts has been reviewed by a data analyst to ensure compliance with author guidelines and to allow authors to address missing data and/or data inconsistencies prior to publication.