This study was motivated by earlier observations. It is a systematic examination of the adequacy of reporting of information (metadata) necessary to understand x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) data collection and data analysis in the scientific literature. The information for this study was obtained from papers published in three high-quality journals over a six-month period in 2019 and throughout 2021. Each paper was evaluated to determine whether the authors had reported (percentages of the papers properly providing the information are given in parentheses) the spectrometer (66%), fitting software (15%), x-ray source (40%), pass energy (10%), spot size (5%), synthetic peak shapes in fits (10%), backgrounds in fits (10%), whether the XPS data are shown in the main body of the paper or in the supporting information (or both), and whether fitted or unfitted spectra were shown (80% of published spectra are fit). The Shirley background is the most widely used background in XPS peak fitting. The Al Kα source is the most widely used x-ray source for XPS data collection. casaxps is the most widely used fitting program for XPS data analysis. There is good agreement between the results gathered during the two years of our survey. There are some hints the situation may be improving. This study also provides a list of the information/parameters that should be reported when XPS is performed.
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July 2023
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May 17 2023
Insufficient reporting of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrumental and peak fitting parameters (metadata) in the scientific literature
George H. Major
;
George H. Major
(Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
, Provo, Utah 84062
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B. Maxwell Clark
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B. Maxwell Clark
(Data curation, Formal analysis)
1
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
, Provo, Utah 84062
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Kevin Cayabyab;
Kevin Cayabyab
(Data curation, Formal analysis)
1
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
, Provo, Utah 84062
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Nathan Engel;
Nathan Engel
(Data curation, Formal analysis)
1
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
, Provo, Utah 84062
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Christopher D. Easton
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Christopher D. Easton
(Writing – original draft)
2
CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratories
, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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Jan Čechal
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Jan Čechal
(Writing – original draft)
3
CEITEC BUT, Brno University of Technology
, Purkyňova 123, 612 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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Donald R. Baer
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Donald R. Baer
(Writing – original draft)
4
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
, Richland Washington 99354
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Jeff Terry
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Jeff Terry
(Writing – original draft)
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Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology
, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60616
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Matthew R. Linford
Matthew R. Linford
a)
(Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
, Provo, Utah 84062
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Note: This paper is part of the Special Topic Collection: Reproducibility Challenges and Solutions II with a Focus on Surface and Interface Analysis.
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 41, 043201 (2023)
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Received:
March 23 2023
Accepted:
April 26 2023
Citation
George H. Major, B. Maxwell Clark, Kevin Cayabyab, Nathan Engel, Christopher D. Easton, Jan Čechal, Donald R. Baer, Jeff Terry, Matthew R. Linford; Insufficient reporting of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrumental and peak fitting parameters (metadata) in the scientific literature. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 July 2023; 41 (4): 043201. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002714
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