Bi Ke, a doctor of microbiology and immunology at the School of Medicine of Stanford University, pointed out on Pubpeer, an international academic exchange online platform, that a Chinese professor has multiple papers in the experimental picture improper copying.In an interview, she confirmed that the professor was Cao Xuetao, president of Nankai University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
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Cao Xuetao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Nankai University, was recently accused of fraud in the paper.Cao Xuetao also responded publicly yesterday, saying that he was still confident in the scientific conclusion of the doubtful papers.
Relevant sources in Beijing pointed out that officials are generally involved in the investigation when the relevant evidence is relatively clear.Cao Xuetao's weight in the academic and educational circles is very heavy, and it can be called academic crocodile.If Cao Xuetao is confirmed to be fraudulent, he will severely crack down on the reputation of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Nankai University, but this is another good thing for the crooked wind of governing academic community.
According to the surging news report, the staff of the General Office of the Chinese Academy of Engineering said yesterday that we have learned about the complaint about Academician Cao Xuetao on the Internet. We will investigate and deal with this matter, but it takes time to investigate further.At present, we don't have the latest situation, but we will definitely investigate.
On November 14, Elisabeth Bik, a doctor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine, pointed out on the international academic exchange online platform PUBPEER that a Chinese professor has multiple papers.Duplications in Figures, the professor is also the principal of the top school in China.
On November 16, Bi Ke confirmed in an interview with Peng News that the professor was Cao Xuetao, president of Nankai University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.She said that it has been found that there may be an improper copy of the pictures of Cao Xuetao at least 20 papers, and emphasized that she only found that Cao Xuetao's thesis image was not similar than the general probability, and she did not want to make any conclusions on the matter.
Cao Xuetao said that he had taken measures to investigate
According to the day before yesterday, Bi Ke said that in 2014, he inadvertently discovered Cao Xuetao's three papers as a communication author. It was suspicious.Among the three papers, two of them were published in 2004 and 2007 in the Biochemical Magazine sponsored by the American Biochemical and Molecular Biology Society, and the other in 2005 was seen in clinical cancer research sponsored by the American Cancer Research Association in 2005.All three of them have the above -mentioned similar image problems.
Cao Xuetao posted in Pubpeer yesterday morning that he had listed this matter as the highest priority, and immediately took measures to investigate, carefully inspected the manuscripts, original data and laboratory records, and the analysis of these research was still ongoing.Based on the current analysis and supplementary feedback received from colleagues and colleagues, I still have confidence in the effectiveness, reliability, and research on the scientific conclusions of these papers, and the repetitiveness of research.
Cao Xuetao was 55 years old. He was admitted to the Second Military Medical University of the PLA in 1981. He received a bachelor's degree in medical and doctoral degrees. After graduation, he stayed in school to teach.Although Cao Xuetao did not have experience in foreign studies, his achievements were amazing.He became a professor at the age of 28, became a doctoral supervisor at the age of 32, and was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. In the same year, he was promoted to the rank of major general and became one of the youngest academicians and youngest generals in China at that time.
Cao Xuetao is also administrative in administrative: he served as the vice president of the Second Military Medical University in 2004, the Dean of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in 2011, the principal of the Beijing Union Medical College in 2015, and the president of Nankai University at the end of 2017.He is also a foreign academician of the National Medical College, a foreign academician of the German Academy of Sciences, and an academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences.
Academic crocodile Cao Xuetao's suspected papers fake incident caused heated discussion on public opinion.Relevant persons point out that academic surveys must be rigorous and need time, and it is not yet possible to conclude this incident.However, there are indeed a lot of falsification in the Chinese academic community, and all parties need to be resolved.
