The Nature Index attempts to objectively measure the scientific output of institutions and countries, taking into account differences in quality. Therefore, only articles published in 82[note 1] selected high-quality journals are counted. These journals are selected by an independent committee. If authors from several institutions and/or countries are involved in a scientific article, it is divided accordingly, assuming that all researchers were equally involved in the article. For example, this “fractional count” (FC) received by each author would be 0.1 for an article with 10 authors. If an author is affiliated with more than one institution, that author’s FC is then subdivided equally across their affiliated institutions. The process is similar for countries and regions, though the fact that some institutions have overseas labs makes the process more complicated, with such labs being counted towards their appropriate host countries.[4][5]
I'd love to see this demonstration include a heat lamp afterwards, and show the flake fall onto the magnet once it exceeded its transition temperature.
Other than this being digital or physical trickery, I'm starting to feel like it's just a matter of time, a formality, before LK-99 is confirmed to be a RT, ambient pressure superconductor. What a discovery!
It should be expected that most of the first replication attempts are coming out of China.