China: Mass production of “fake papers”: Paper mill
-A surprising underground dissertation production factory-
Chinese fake paper:
In recent years, it has been pointed out that there are companies that systematically “manufacture” fake papers in China.
It is a trader called Paper Mill (fake dissertation manufacturing industry).
Paper mill:
Compiled by the English scientific journal Nature.
January 2020-October 2021
“At least 665 papers” have been withdrawn from various scientific journals.
“Both are papers that have been pointed out to be related to paper mills.”
The spread of fake paper pollution destroys the credibility of science.
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan:
Tatsuro Yuasa from the “Genes to Cells” editing room
He revealed the surprising reality of the paper mill and the offense and defense against fraudulently submitted papers.
https://newspicks.com/news/6609758/body/
China: Mass production of pseudoscientific papers
-Large amount of “underground factory” undertakes-
“The Epoch Times” (January 21st)
An article entitled “Underground Paper Factory is More Profitable than Scientific Research Activities” in China was published.
Reporter of “Xinhua Perspective”:
Recently, I came into contact with the “Underground Paper Factory,” which mass-produces academic papers.
And he revealed the actual situation.
Underground dissertation factory rampant:
In the Chinese academic community, researchers who wish to be promoted are required to publish a certain number of academic papers.
The underground dissertation factory not only prepares dissertations, but also
It is said that it will also submit papers to specialized journals and publish papers on its behalf.
Reporter of’Shinka Perspective’:
I contacted several paper factories and requested SCI papers published in international academic journals.
The reporter paid the vendor an advance payment and provided basic research information. It was
The fee is 37,500 yuan (680,000 yen).
China’s scientific development is impossible:
“Immovable evidence that China’s scientific development cannot be expected in the future” has emerged.
The number of scientific papers in China has been rising recently.
Behind that, there was an “underground factory” for writing papers.
It will be undertaken for less than 1 million yen.
World view of Toshiyoshi Katsumata
http://hisayoshi-katsumata-worldview.com/archives/28465511.html
China’s clampdown on fake-paper factories picks up speed
As part of a misconduct crackdown, Chinese funders
are penalizing researchers who commission sham journal articles from ‘paper mills’, but some say the measures still don’t go far enough.
Two major research funders in China
have conducted a spate of misconduct investigations, punishing at least 23 scientists for using
‘paper mills’ — businesses that produce sham manuscripts, including fake data to order.
The sanctions — which include temporary bans on applying for funding or the loss of grants and promotions —
follow a policy introduced in September last year that was intended to stamp out paper mills and deal with other misconduct.
The move is part of a wider clampdown on misconduct in China, where there have been multiple misconduct scandals in recent years.
The National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NHC)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
have so far sanctioned at least 23 researchers who turned to third-party services that provide scientific text and data, or who bought and sold papers,
according to reports published between March and September that detail the outcome of 42 investigations.
Researchers in China
might turn to paper mills to buy papers or data because they need scientific publications in order to get promotions.
Paper mills
have been thrust into the spotlight over the past year as scientific journals have retracted hundreds of articles suspected of coming from them.
In March, Nature reported that
370 such articles had been retracted since January 2020, all from authors at Chinese hospitals; that tally is now, by Nature’s count, at least 665.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02587-3
China’s research-misconduct rules target ‘paper mills’ that churn out fake studies
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02445-8
The fight against fake-paper factories that churn out sham science