Due to the withdrawal of a large number of papers issued by international journals, the Ministry of Education issued a notice and required universities to carry out self -examination of dissertation papers.
Comprehensive surging news and polar news reports, Wuhan University, Shandong University, Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan Finance College and other universities have released news, saying that since 2023, Hindawi and other foreign publishing institutions have withdrawn a large number of Chinese scholars publishedThe dissertation has a adverse effect on China's academic reputation and academic environment.The Department of Science and Technology and Information Technology of the Ministry of Education of China has issued a notice and decided to carry out self -examination of dissertation papers in colleges and universities.
After the Ministry of Education was issued, the education departments of Henan Province, Shaanxi Province, Hebei Province, Fujian Province and other places have issued relevant notices of self -inspection of withdrawal papers.
Among them, Wuhan University ordered the papers published since 2021. The Office of the Academic Committee of Shandong University also requires all faculty and medical employees and graduate students to sort out the relevant situation to ensure that all employees cover.
It is reported that the Henan Provincial Department of Education has recently received a list of withdrawal papers transferred by the Ministry of Education. The main reason for the withdrawal is suspected of having to manipulate the review process of the peer.Incorrect behavior such as agency investment may be related to the "thesis factory".
In this regard, the Henan Provincial Department of Education requires universities involved in the process of self -inspection, focusing on the in -depth investigation on the dissertation on the withdrawal list, and from the research ideas, formation process, experimental data obtained, submitted contributions of the thesis research, the formation process, experimental data obtained, submission of submissionLearn the situation and verify the facts in a comprehensive aspect.
The Henan Provincial Department of Education emphasized that the person involved should be treated with the personnel, and the universities they are located should be interviewed and notified.Punishment of relevant responsible persons on academic misconduct.Those who involve the principals involved in the school shall be approved by the relevant departments of the Provincial Department of Education.
According to the natural report on December 19 last year, the number of revoked research papers worldwide in 2023 exceeded 10,000, which is a record high.Among them, Hindawi withdrew more than 8,000 papers, because it was worried that there were problems with the peer evaluation process, and some people systematically manipulated the publication and peer evaluation process.During the period, journal editors and research integrity experts also questioned the unrealistic text and unrelated references of thousands of papers.
