China News Service, Beijing, January 21st (Reporter Sun Zifa) The Ministry of Science and Technology of China announced the investigation and handling of five suspected fraudulent papers through its official website on the 21st. , At one time, there was a small amount of misuse of pictures, and the cancellation of the qualification for applying for the national science and technology plan project was given for 1 to 2 years, instructed to in-depth inspection, and scientific research integrity reminding conversation.
In response to the suspected falsification of related papers by Academician Cao Xuetao of Nankai University, Academician Pei Gang of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Researcher Geng Meiyu of Shanghai Institute of Medicine of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Rao Yi of Capital Medical University, Professor Li Hongliang of Wuhan University, etc., 21 departments participated in the construction of scientific research integrity Under the framework of the joint meeting, the Ministry of Science and Technology, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, the Health Commission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the Natural Science Foundation of China, established a joint working mechanism of division of labor and coordination, and formed a high-level review expert group. Regulations (Trial)" and other relevant regulations, serious investigation and handling.
On the basis of unit investigation and departmental review, the review expert group went to the site to inspect, listen to the parties’ statements and defenses, collectively discuss the review conclusions, and finally the joint working mechanism deliberated and formed handling opinions.
The specific investigation and processing results are as follows:
—— Questioned the 63 papers of Academician Cao Xuetao on the Internet. After investigation, no fraud, plagiarism and plagiarism were found, but many papers were found to have misuse of pictures, reflecting the lack of strict laboratory management.
Decided to cancel his qualification for applying for national science and technology plan projects for one year, cancel his qualification as an expert in scientific and technological activities supported by financial funds for one year, and cancel his qualification for enrolling graduate students for one year, and instruct him to respond to the questioned papers and make corrections, and make corrections to existing problems In-depth inspections were reported and criticized in the corresponding department of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
——I questioned the 21 papers of Professor Li Hongliang on the Internet. After investigation, no fraud was found, but many papers were found to have misuse of pictures, reflecting the lack of rigorous processing of experimental data.
It was decided to cancel its qualification for applying for the national science and technology plan project for 2 years, cancel the qualification of the evaluation expert for scientific and technological activities supported by financial funds for 2 years, and cancel the qualification for enrolling graduate students for 2 years, and instruct it to conduct a thorough inspection of existing problems.
——I questioned the 5 papers of researcher Geng Meiyu on the Internet. After investigation, no fraud was found, but a small amount of misuse of pictures was found in the paper.
Decided to conduct critical education and scientific research integrity reminder conversation.
—— Questioned a paper by Academician Pei Gang on the Internet, and no fraud was found after investigation.
—— Questioning the Internet about the two papers that Professor Rao Yi used for the Natural Science Foundation project application, and no fraud was found after investigation.
The investigation found that relevant scientific researchers have loopholes and deficiencies in data management, laboratory management, team management, etc., which exposed insufficient attention to and lack of strict requirements on the construction of scientific research style and style.
Chinese officials emphasize that universities, scientific research institutions, hospitals, and enterprises engaged in scientific research must earnestly fulfill their main responsibilities, improve management systems for results management, data collection, and publication of papers, strengthen the education and training of scientific researchers in their units, and strictly monitor and manage them. We should promptly remind the signs of problems and deal with academic misconduct seriously.
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