title: [Inversion of results upon using an "integral index" from an ostensibly authoritative source].
abstract: General results and conclusions of Nesterenko et al. [Biofizika 57(4)] have been distorted by uncritically applying an invalid "unifying formula" from a recent monograph [ISBN 978-5-02-035593-4]. Readers are asked to ignore the Russian publication but take the fully revised English version [Biophysics 57(4)] or contact the authors (tv-nesterenko@mail.ru, ubflab@ibp.ru). Here I briefly show the basic defects in the quasi-quantitative means of data analysis offered in that book, and mention some more problems regarding erroneous information in ostensibly authoritative sources.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Galkin
mesh_terms: D001877:Books; D017594:Publication Bias; D011643:Publishing / Q000941:ethics*; D012107:Research Design