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Data leakage in feature selection invalidates reported classification accuracy for autism diagnosis from fMRI.

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Authors: Semyon Kurkin1, Alexander Hramov1
ORCID iDs: Semyon Kurkin
  1. Research Institute of Applied Artificial Intelligence and Digital Solutions, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Journal: EClinicalMedicine, volume 97, article 104049
Dates: received 14 February 2026; accepted 15 June 2026; published online 24 June 2026
Type: Letter · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104049 · PMID 42518934 · PMCID PMC13382443 · OpenAlex W7165727424
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Categories: fMRI (modality), autism (population), clinical / translational (subfield)
Methods: Machine learning, Statistics
Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 4 references in the paper
Notices: An expression of concern has been published about this paper (42555373, from Europe PMC)

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Kurkin, S., & Hramov, A. (2026). Data leakage in feature selection invalidates reported classification accuracy for autism diagnosis from fMRI. EClinicalMedicine, 97, 104049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104049

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@article{kurkin2026data,
author = {Kurkin, Semyon and Hramov, Alexander},
title = {{Data leakage in feature selection invalidates reported classification accuracy for autism diagnosis from fMRI}},
journal = {EClinicalMedicine},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
volume = {97},
pages = {104049},
publisher = {Elsevier},
issn = {2589-5370},
doi = {10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104049},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104049},
pmid = {42518934},
pmcid = {PMC13382443}
}

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