On April 20, local time, Springer, one of the world's largest academic publishing houses, issued a retraction statement. Its journal Tumor Biology announced the withdrawal of 107 articles published in 2012-2015. The reason for the year's paper is that peer review is fraudulent. All of the 107 papers were related to Chinese research institutions, and the number of single retractions of formal academic journals was the highest.
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“The reviewer’s suggestion used the reviewer’s real name but impersonated his email address, which allowed the editor to send the article to the real reviewer. After we investigated and communicated with the real reviewer They confirmed that they have not reviewed the paper.†Peter Butler, editor of Springer's cell biology and biochemistry, participated in the survey. He told the author: “The peer review process is a guarantee. One of the cornerstones of research quality, integrity and repeatability. We revoke these affected papers to remove bad scientific records."
After the retraction, the leaders of the China Association for Science and Technology interviewed the president of Springer Nature Greater China. According to the reform of the Association for Science and Technology, the WeChat public account reported on April 21 that as the mass organization of Chinese science and technology workers, the leaders of the party association of the China Association for Science and Technology met with the president of Springer Nature Greater China, Annojie, and his party for the retraction. communicate with.
According to the China Association for Science and Technology, the paper was withdrawn due to false peer review issues, and the public should be made aware of the responsibilities of the parties involved in the retraction event in an appropriate manner. According to the China Association for Science and Technology, the author and the “third-party†intermediary do have unshirkable responsibilities. However, after the retraction in 2015, the publishing group did not take active and effective measures to prevent similar incidents. The publishing group and journal editors have imperfect internal control mechanisms. If the audit is not strict, it should be responsible for it.
The authors are from 125 Chinese research institutions and 4 foreign research institutions.
According to statistics, 107 authors of the retracted papers were from 125 Chinese research institutions and 4 foreign research institutions.
As far as the domestic research institutions are concerned, not only the top three hospitals such as Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University and Peking Union Medical College Hospital of China Academy of Medical Sciences are listed, but also well-known universities such as Zhejiang University and Wuhan University. In contrast, most of the authors of the retracted papers came from major hospitals in China.
The four foreign institutions are Japan Aichi Medical University, the US Wisconsin Blood Center, the University of Chicago, and the University of Toronto.
Investigator: This is a global issue
“The problem of fraud in the peer review and submission process is global and not unique to any country. Our screening work is not directed at any country.†Butler told the author: “People generally have pressure to publish articles, not only It is in China, and so is the world."
“But in China, there is some evidence that third-party institutions that provide so-called language editing services (note: some institutions that provide papers for investment services) have played a role in manipulating the review process.†Butler said: “Research integrity is China. What the relevant government departments attach great importance to, they have also taken important measures to solve related problems in the past two years. Springer will continue to do everything possible to assist related work and safeguard the interests of all parties."
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