(Beijing Comprehensive News) Due to the withdrawal of a large number of papers issued by international journals, the Ministry of Education issued a notice and required colleges and universities to carry out self -examination of dissertation papers.
Comprehensive Surging News and Jimu News reported that Wuhan University, Shandong University, Henan Finance College and other universities released news, saying that since last year, foreign publishing institutions such as Hindawi withdrew a large number of papers published by Chinese scholars to Chinese academic reputation and academic environment.Cause adverse effects.The Department of Science and Technology and Information Technology of the Ministry of Education of China has decided and notified colleges and universities to carry out self -examination of withdrawal papers.
After the Ministry of Education was issued, the education departments of Henan, Shaanxi, Hebei, Fujian and other places have printed and issued relevant notices of self -examination of withdrawal papers.
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 of the draft is suspected that there is a process of manipulating peer review, not real experiments, existence of replacement and investment, etc.The end behavior may be related to the "thesis factory".In this regard, the Henan Provincial Department of Education requires that the universities involved in the self -inspection process, focusing on the in -depth investigation on the dissertation on the withdrawal list.
The Education Department of Henan Province emphasized that once verified, the personnel involved will be treated with the case, and the universities they are located will be interviewed and notified.Those who involve the principals involved in the school will be approved by the relevant department of the Provincial Department of Education.
According to natural reports quoted in December last year, the number of revoked research papers worldwide in 2023 exceeded 10,000, a record high.Among them, Hindawi withdrew more than 8,000 papers, because they were worried that there were problems with the peer evaluation process, and some people systematically manipulated the publication and peer evaluation process.
