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This work is supported by the Metabolite Identification Task Group of the Metabolomics Society. All authors have contributed equally to this work.
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Creek, D.J., Dunn, W.B., Fiehn, O. et al. Metabolite identification: are you sure? And how do your peers gauge your confidence?. Metabolomics 10, 350–353 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-014-0656-8
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