Incorrect method for calculation of grey water footprint in several articles

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00020711%3A_____%2F22%3A10154718" target="_blank" >RIV/00020711:_____/22:10154718 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969721071242?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969721071242?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152048" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152048</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Incorrect method for calculation of grey water footprint in several articles

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The aim of research is to acquire new knowledge, discover new practices and methods, or simply improve existing ones. Sometimes these are dead ends, and the chosen direction of research is incorrect. This can even happen when the underlying assumptions may sound logical. Fu et al. use the incorrect method for the calculation of grey water footprint in their article &quot;Measurement and driving factors of grey water footprint efficiency in Yangtze River Basin&quot;. Therefore, the results are biased. The results of greywater footprint for industry and households are underestimated, which emphasizes the contribution of agriculture to the total water footprint. In this Letter to Editors, numerical proof is provided that the used equation is incorrect. Unfortunately, there are three other articles which use the same incorrect equation. Two of these articles were published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. The editors are asked to initialize a correction process of these articles because a transparent corrections process is essential to assist in the maintenance of public confidence in research.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Incorrect method for calculation of grey water footprint in several articles

Popis výsledku anglicky

The aim of research is to acquire new knowledge, discover new practices and methods, or simply improve existing ones. Sometimes these are dead ends, and the chosen direction of research is incorrect. This can even happen when the underlying assumptions may sound logical. Fu et al. use the incorrect method for the calculation of grey water footprint in their article &quot;Measurement and driving factors of grey water footprint efficiency in Yangtze River Basin&quot;. Therefore, the results are biased. The results of greywater footprint for industry and households are underestimated, which emphasizes the contribution of agriculture to the total water footprint. In this Letter to Editors, numerical proof is provided that the used equation is incorrect. Unfortunately, there are three other articles which use the same incorrect equation. Two of these articles were published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. The editors are asked to initialize a correction process of these articles because a transparent corrections process is essential to assist in the maintenance of public confidence in research.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20701 - Environmental and geological engineering, geotechnics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

ISSN

0048-9697

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

824

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

29.11.2021

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

3

Strana od-do

152048

Kód UT WoS článku

000807506300003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85127773327