The inappropriate use of formulae and references and the possible domino effect of spurious results

Clarification related to the commentary titled “The inappropriate use of formulae and references and the possible domino effect of spurious results” written by Gautam et al. 2019

“…Dr. Gautam et al (2019) presented a strong critic related to the inappropriate use of formulae and references in 5 scientific papers and the possible effect of spurious results. The authors cited as example our work published in 2017 6 in a different scientific journal entitled "Optisample™: Open web-based application to optimize sampling strategies 7 for active surveillance activities at the herd level illustrated using Porcine Respiratory Reproductive Syndrome 8 (PRRS)" (Alba et al 2017).…”