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reporter investigation found that the price of the investigation service in the e-commerce ranged from a few yuan to thousands of dollars, some merchants deceive consumers using fake websites
Approaching the graduation season, a senior student at a university in Wuhan discovered that the free CNKI account provided by the school had been stolen.
After inquiring, it was learned that the paper checking opportunity attached to his account was sold as a commodity on the e-commerce platform.
Another student of the school told the Beijing News that there were 38 students in the class, and 14 of them were stolen.
Paper check is to put the written paper into a professional resource library and compare it with other papers to ensure that there is no plagiarism, plagiarism, etc. At present, most colleges and universities use the China HowNet duplicate check system.
One graduate mentioned that not all colleges and universities will provide the opportunity to check the duplicates for free on CNKI, and some students will choose to purchase it online.
On May 21, a reporter from the Beijing News searched the Internet for "HowNet Paper Check" and found that there are a large number of websites and shops that provide paper check services. The price of a duplicate check ranges from a few yuan to thousands of yuan.
Regarding the above situation, the staff of CNKI's Legal Department responded that “HowNet does not provide testing services to individuals. The testing of CNKI papers sold online is basically illegal.” It is recommended that students change their passwords immediately after obtaining their accounts. Theft should contact the school or report to the police.
phenomenon
Nearly 40% of the first graduating class's CNKI account was stolen
This year's senior student Wang is studying at a key university in Wuhan and is currently preparing his graduation project. His college requires students to check the thesis before the graduation thesis defense.
According to the school's arrangement, every graduate of the school can get a CNKI account with two free double check opportunities.
In early May, classmate Wang received the CNKI account provided by the school, but when he logged in with the initial account and password, the system displayed "the account or password is wrong."
With the help of the school's academic affairs office, he reset the password on HowNet. After logging in to his account, he found that he had only one chance to check the paper for free, and another chance was taken up by an unfamiliar author's paper.
Student Wang found out after reading the notification group. After the school issued the Zhiwang account, it notified the students to change the initial password immediately. Due to negligence, he did not change the password in time.
Student Wang said that the initial password of the CNKI account issued by the school is the same as the account, both of which are student numbers of the school.
Qin, who was in the same department as Wang, also encountered a similar situation.
On the evening of May 19, she found out that she could not log in to CNKI with her initial account. After retrieving her account, she found that one of her free duplicate checks had been taken up.
And the system showed that the name of the author of the paper who took up the opportunity to check the duplicates was actually the same as her, but she did not know the instructor of the paper.
Qin mentioned that there were 18 students in his class, and 4 or 5 students had their accounts stolen.
"Of the 38 classmates in the next class, 14 of them have encountered this situation."
According to the screenshots provided by the interviewees, after the academic affairs department of the university where the stolen account is located, the teacher in charge of the department immediately reminded the students in the group chat, and clearly stated in the notification group that some of the students' duplicate checks were occupied by the department account Caused by misappropriation.
A reporter from the Beijing News noticed that the stolen account of a college student's paper checking account has been repeatedly prohibited in recent years.
In 2018, the police in Zhongshan City, Guangdong received such a report. The police investigation found that the number of students whose accounts were stolen was as many as two hundred; in 2019, many students from the Nanguang College of Communication University of China also reported that the school The two papers double-checking opportunities provided were occupied by others.
■ Investigation
1 Students are listed on the Internet for free duplicate checking opportunities
Why was the free CNKI account provided by the school stolen, and why was the opportunity for duplication investigation taken up by others?
The above-mentioned Wuhan college graduate Xiao Zhou told the Beijing News reporter that after using the CNKI account to check the duplicates, the author's personal information will be left in the account.
After the account was stolen, she and her teacher found the author of the paper who used the student account to check the paper file information left in the duplicate check system.
The other party said that he bought a duplicate check on the e-commerce platform at a price of 8 yuan, and the store sent the result to him after the test.
According to the information provided by Xiao Zhou, the reporter found this business named "Graduation Service Center".
This is a 4-year-old store with nearly 8,000 fans. It provides double-checking services for undergraduate, master's and doctoral dissertations. The price ranges from RMB 5 to 340. The monthly sales volume of the service is over 20,000 pieces.
The store told the Beijing News reporter that they would contact people who have CNKI accounts and rechecking indicators, and pay them for rechecking. After the results are obtained, they will be sent to consumers to earn the difference.
In addition to the shops exposed by the students, a reporter from the Beijing News searched on the e-commerce platform for "How to check the papers of college students" and found a large number of such product information. The products marked as "the same as the school test results" are the most popular products. The monthly sales of the store exceed 30,000.
Compared with undergraduate thesis, the price of double check of master and doctoral thesis is relatively high, and the price can reach thousands of yuan.
The customer service staff of one of the stores with a good evaluation said that they have cooperated with the school, and the remaining test places of the school are used for the paper check.
After consumers pay, they can use their link to enter the order number to check the URL submission, and promise that they will be able to meet the school's requirements.
The store also said that there are many schools they cooperate with, and the number of testing places is now tight, and the cost is also increasing.
A reporter from the Beijing News noted that the duplication check service also exists on social platforms.
A large number of group chats can be searched by using the chat software with "paper duplication check" as the key word, many of which claim to be "safe duplication check" and "discount check". Larger group chats have more than 400 people.
The reporter joined a group called the "Second-hand Duplicate Checking Group". After the group chat, someone immediately added a reporter and said that they could provide a website for duplicating papers.
2 Merchants provide copy-checking websites
A reporter from the Beijing News found in the investigation that it is difficult to ensure the safety of the papers when the students check the papers through online channels. In addition, some shops still have false propaganda. Although they claim to provide the paper check service, they actually use the copycat Knowledge Network to check the papers. Re-website to deceive consumers.
On May 21, a reporter from the Beijing News contacted the above-mentioned "Graduation Service Center" store and asked the customer service staff whether the uploaded papers would be leaked?
The store customer service said that the paper will be automatically deleted after the system checks.
However, according to Xiao Zhou, the duplicate check report of the papers checked in this way will be automatically deleted, but the submitted duplicate check papers cannot be deleted.
A reporter from the Beijing News immediately added the store’s WeChat account on the grounds of selling the student CNKI account. The other party proposed that the papers on hand should be packaged and sent to the reporter, and the reporter will perform the duplicate check. The store will purchase the duplicate check at a price of 200 yuan per paper. report.
The store said that the papers were duplicated quickly, and each paper only took about 10 minutes, and asked reporters to check 150 papers in half a day.
"As long as you can test (check the duplicate), I will send you a paper."
After getting a positive answer, the store sent the paper to the reporter.
After receiving the paper, the reporter found that both the author of the paper and the school where the author is located have stated that the content of this 14,000-word paper can also be viewed at will.
The store’s claim that “the paper is safe is guaranteed” is not true. If the paper examiner deliberately leaks the paper or deliberately plagiarizes the paper’s results, it will be difficult for consumers to respond in a timely manner.
In addition, by searching on the search software with "HowNet Checking", you can see that many websites provide paper check service. Many websites use the name of "Academic Misconduct Detection System", which can provide paid check on HowNet. Heavy service.
A reporter from the Beijing News randomly opened a website, and the page clearly reads "Academic Misconduct Paper Checking and Checking System". The website provides a paper check service with a price range of RMB 38 to RMB 1,400. The name of the website is displayed as: "Research on academic misconduct papers by CNKI".
However, by comparing the official website of CNKI (China Knowledge Network) Scientific Research Integrity Management System Research Center, the reporter found that the two are not the same website, and the official website announced that: In view of the seriousness of academic misconduct detection, the CNKI academic misconduct detection system has been Only provide services to institutions, and are limited to testing the documents of this unit.
3 Less frequent free weight checks spawn the market for weight checks
Why is there such a large market for paper checking?
A senior student introduced to a reporter from the Beijing News that before the defense of the graduation thesis, they need to check the thesis to ensure that there is no plagiarism or plagiarism in their academic work.
The repetition rate of the paper has also become an important indicator of whether the paper is qualified.
Although there is a great demand for duplicate checking by students, not all colleges and universities will provide students with free duplicate checking on HowNet. Many students will purchase duplicate checking services online.
Associate Professor Wang Yun from the School of Journalism and Information Communication of Huazhong University of Science and Technology also mentioned that many students have no confidence in the repetition of their papers in the early stage, so they often check it in advance by themselves. It is difficult to avoid finding online businesses to check the duplicates.
Student Mu, who is studying in a university in Beijing, is in the third year of graduate school this year. The school did not provide him with the free CNKI check index, but only gave him the opportunity to use another paper check platform for free.
After using it, Mu and his classmates found that the duplication rate of the platform provided by the school was inaccurate. In addition, the school used CNKI for the final review. Therefore, he decided to spend hundreds of yuan to purchase CNKI's paper duplication service online. .
Many students from the above-mentioned Wuhan universities stated that the occupation of duplicate checks has a greater impact on their graduation thesis.
Chen, whose account was stolen on CNKI, told the Beijing News that his department requires undergraduates to check the duplicates of the papers not to exceed 20%. Once they are unqualified, they cannot respond, which may lead to delays in graduation.
The department stipulated that the two duplicate checks were on May 24 and 29 respectively, and the thesis defense was to be conducted on June 3.
"Now, for the sake of insurance, I have to spend my own money to check the paper, otherwise, if I can't check it again, I won't be able to graduate." Student Chen said.
Student Wang from the school also mentioned that his graduation thesis contains a lot of background information.
Associate Professor Wang Yun also said that there is still a certain risk in carrying out duplicate checks through online channels, because currently not all student papers are publicly available online, and once the papers are plagiarized, it is more difficult to trace the responsibility.
He suggested that it is better to go through the school procedures to check the duplicates.
■ Response
CNKI staff: Checking violations of CNKI papers sold online
In response to a large number of e-commerce platforms that have seen heavy trading on HowNet, a reporter from the Beijing News contacted the CNKI Legal Department. A staff member said, “HowNet does not provide testing services to individuals. The testing of CNKI papers sold online is basically a violation of regulations. of."
Sun Xiongyong, head of scientific research integrity products of CNKI, also publicly stated that all paper checking services under the banner of CNKI on e-commerce platforms are illegal and counterfeit.
"We only provide'business-to-business' duplicate checking services for magazines, journal editorial offices, or universities and other scientific research institutions or units. If college students need this service, they can only operate it through the school."
According to the above-mentioned staff of the Legal Affairs Department of CNKI, CNKI will cooperate with universities to provide testing papers 1.5-2 times the number of school graduates.
CNKI will send accounts with duplicate check indicators to the school. The passwords for student accounts are set by the school itself. CNKI does not know the passwords of school students.
In response to the theft of college students’ CNKI accounts, the staff member said: “It is the school’s own business that involves teaching management and student management. The problem may lie in internal management.”
The above-mentioned staff also cited two reasons for account theft: First, the students know each other's student ID, so there may be individual students who sell the CNKI accounts of their classmates.
The second is that some account managers will sell redundant accounts.
He suggested that students should immediately change their passwords after they get their accounts. If any accounts are stolen, they should contact the school's superior department or call the police.
A stolen ID student mentioned that the initial password of the CNKI account provided by the school is the same as the account number, which is the student’s student ID. “As long as you understand the student ID coding rules, unscrupulous merchants can even try one by one. The risk of account leakage is Relatively high."
Xiong Bingqi, deputy dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, believes that the school purchased duplicate check accounts and distributed them to students in groups, originally to allow students to better conduct academic research, but in the process, there may be system loopholes or other reasons. The account was stolen.
Xiong Bingqi said that stealing the student CNKI's duplicate check account has violated the interests of students, and students who have lost the opportunity of free duplicate check have to spend money to purchase duplicate check services.
The theft and trafficking of student HowNet accounts may have formed a chain of interests. Some people steal student information for profit, and related acts have been suspected of illegal crimes.
He suggested that after the school discovers that the student's account has been stolen, it should act immediately, request the police to intervene in the investigation, and hold relevant parties accountable.
Beijing News reporter Wang Ruiwen and intern Huang Qifeng and Wang Yuan