I have now received a direct reply from Ali Akbari explaining why my earlier papers were not cited. That reply closes off the most charitable interpretation. This is no longer something that can be waved away as oversight, a missed paper, or a crowded reference list. The omission is now being defended on principle. And the principle is wrong. Nature’s o…
What Akbari’s Reply Gets Wrong About Science
Akbari’s response reveals a deeper confusion about citation, replication, and scientific credit
