Article
Psychology, Clinical
Mark D. Griffiths
Summary: This systematic review on online gaming addiction among children and young adults had a high number of studies missing, mainly due to the search terms used. Therefore, it should be seen as a 'suggestive' review rather than 'definitive' when it comes to research on problematic gaming in youth.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2022)
Letter
Chemistry, Physical
Alexei A. Belik
Summary: The aim of these comments is to draw attention to significant errors reported in the commented paper, in which the authors claimed the preparation of solid solutions Bi1-xHoxFeO3. However, the X-ray diffraction data revealed the absence of single-phase solid solutions.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2022)
Review
Substance Abuse
Mark D. Griffiths
Summary: This commentary criticizes Yokomitsu et al.'s study for its selective review and omission of key studies in the field of social presence and social facilitation. The commentator highlights their own research in this area, using various methodologies, which were not mentioned by Yokomitsu et al. despite their relevance.
JOURNAL OF GAMBLING STUDIES
(2023)
Editorial Material
Geography, Physical
Guilherme Borges Fernandez, Thais Baptista da Rocha, Jose Maria Landin Dominguez, Sergio Cadena Vasconcelos, Gilberto Tavares de Macedo Dias, Andre da Costa, Mariana Silva Figueiredo, Alberto Garcia Figueiredo Junior, Cleverson Guizan Silva, Thiago Goncalves Pereira, Beatriz Abreu Machado
Summary: Based on grain size analyses, OSL ages, and regional topography, Souza et al. (2022) found that the majority of the Paraiba do Sul River Delta (PSRD) was deposited during the Little Ice Age. They also suggested that after the LIA, the PSRD experienced shoreline erosion, which could be linked to human intervention in the river basin.
PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY-EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
T. Teillet, F. Fournier, J. Borgomano, L. Montaggioni
Summary: The study identified pitfalls and limitations in paleoenvironmental reconstructions of carbonate systems using seismic data, such as inconsistencies and omission of fluid effects. A workflow for better integrating seismic reflection patterns and attributes in these reconstructions was proposed.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2021)
Editorial Material
Food Science & Technology
Hubert Wojtasek
Summary: The article describes Quercetin as an inhibitor of tyrosinase, but previous literature has firmly established it as a substrate of the enzyme and an antioxidant that reduces tyrosinase-generated o-quinones.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Trevor H. Booth
Summary: This study mainly comments on an article published by Higgins et al. in Ecology and Evolution regarding the species distribution models of Australian plants. It points out the potential issues when using the MaxEnt species distribution model outside Australia, and provides solutions to overcome these problems.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Editorial Material
Geography, Physical
Andre de Oliveira Souza, Luca Lammle, Archimedes Perez Filho, Carlo Donadio
Summary: Scientific knowledge advances through discussions that involve hypotheses, methods, and results, where contradictions play a positive role by developing new theoretical- methodological approaches. In order to promote scientific progress, agreements and disagreements should be confined to the scientific domain and be based on ethics to avoid conflicts of interest. In response to a submission entitled "Comments on Souza et al. (2022) Recent geomorphological changes in the Paraiba do Sul delta, South America East Coast" to the journal Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, this article clarifies doubts related to the original paper. The comments focused on da Rocha et al. (2019), a locally published article that failed to fully address the complexity of processes and geomorphological dynamics regarding delta evolution, as well as the parameters used in the geochronological analyses according to international literature. Finally, the discussions in the original article contribute to advancing knowledge about the responses of the Paraíba do Sul delta to the Little Ice Age.
PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY-EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Editorial Material
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Kenton N. Gould
Summary: The recent paper by Yan and Chen et al. on observing the cracking process and deformation behaviors at crack tip of Al using in situ TEM tensile experimental techniques has been criticized for questionable conclusions and inaccuracies in technical descriptions and data references.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Pawel E. Tomaszewski
Summary: This paragraph points out severe errors in the crystallographic part of the commented paper. The actual composition of the crystals studied is unknown, but the diffraction patterns and Rietveld analysis suggest the chemical formula of Ba2Sr(VO4)(FeO4) instead of Ba1.5Sr0.5FeVO6. Moreover, the symmetry should be trigonal.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Pawel E. Tomaszewski
Summary: This comment highlights severe errors in the crystallographic part of the commented paper, pointing out the need for corrections in the composition and symmetry of the studied crystals.
MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING
(2022)
Editorial Material
Anthropology
Jaroslaw Wilczynski, Gary Haynes, Lukasz Sobczyk, Martina Roblickova, Piotr Wojtal
Summary: In this commentary, the authors criticize a previous article on the topic of wolf domestication at Pavlovian sites, pointing out inaccuracies and attempting to refute the findings. They clarify their arguments against the hypothesis of wolf domestication during the mid-Upper Paleolithic in Central Europe.
JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Business, Finance
Yuh-Shan Ho
Summary: The authors used inappropriate search keywords in their study, which could potentially mislead readers of the journal. The comment pointed out specific details about these mistakes.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
(2021)
Editorial Material
Geography, Physical
Antonio Rodriguez-Hidalgo
Summary: A recent review paper questions the support of certain carnivorous mammals' behavior for the interpretation of the origin and authorship of Quaternary fossil accumulations in archaeological studies. The authors employ a classical approach but overlook the complexity of taphonomic pathways and the time-dependent nature of fossil accumulation.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Lazhar Bougoffa
Summary: The commentary aims to demonstrate that the paper by Pop et al. (2021) contains numerous serious errors.
RESULTS IN PHYSICS
(2021)
