Kyoto University has confirmed that data has been forged for four treatises published by a former professor at the Primate Research Institute, who has already retired, and has announced that he is recommending the former professor to withdraw the treatise and is considering disposing of it. Did.
This was revealed at a press conference by directors of Kyoto University on the 15th.
According to this, the university was informed that there are doubts about the procedure for conducting experiments on a paper published by former professor Nobuo Masataka (66) of the Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, who retired in March last year. It means that.
The paper states that multiple teenagers with social anxiety disorders were given cannabis extract to analyze the effects, and the university set up a research committee and took more than a year from June last year. I conducted a survey, but the former professor did not respond to the interview and did not submit any experimental data.
In addition, the fact that the experiment in which the subject participated could not be confirmed, so the committee confirmed that the forgery was intentionally performed.
In addition, the university has confirmed that the other three treatises written between 2014 and 2016 were also forged, and the university recommends the former professor to withdraw the four treatises and is considering disposing of them.
According to the university, the former professor did not complain about the results of this survey by the deadline.
Former Professor Masataka "I'm embarrassed by the announcement that I think is quick"
In response, former professor Masataka told the press, "I have not received any requests for hearings, and I have left the experimental data at the Primate Research Institute, so I will not accept the data submission. If so, I have to say that it is off the mark. I am only embarrassed to make an announcement that I think is hasty. "
A series of research misconducts at Kyoto University Director "Raise awareness of ethical standards throughout the university"
At Kyoto University, it was discovered that a former professor who belonged to the Graduate School of Science had been forging or tampering with several treatises related to the Kumamoto earthquakes, and it was recommended to withdraw the treatise in September. , Research misconduct has been revealed one after another.
Regarding this, Takayuki Kitamura, director of Kyoto University, said, "I am very sorry that those who are said to be the authority of the road have caused such a situation in succession, and I am sorry to the society. It depends largely on awareness and conscience, and I want to raise awareness of ethical standards throughout the university. "