Rao Yi, the president of Capital Medical University, has kicked another high-end corruption bureau in the academic circle. Some "leaders and experts" have earned their academic status by paying 3 to 8 million yuan to publish papers in top journals in exchange for fame and wealth.
In this way, it seems that the professor and even the enterprise leaders exposed earlier who bought the title of academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences have conscience compared with the waste loss caused to the country by corrupt people in high-end academic circles.
Singapore Lianhe Morning Post reported: "Tian Zheng, a 34 year old doctor from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, received the 'award' from the European Academy of Natural Sciences on April 20. It is said that he is the only post-90s academician in the world. Paradoxically, the 'leaders' of the European Academy of Natural Sciences have awarded academician titles to at least 30 Chinese professors, presidents or business owners this year. Let the outside world question the gold content of this title, and the media also beat up this unknown institution collectively. "
The purchase price of the academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences is 400000-800000 yuan/piece. At first glance, this title is very valuable. Many well-known European organizations have set up a big scene. Now, the truth is clear. This title is bought with money, and you can buy it without asking for qualification.
On the one hand, "foreign academicians" can meet some people's expectations and pursuit of titles. On the other hand, obtaining the title of "Foreign Academician" will help win over some resources and projects.
Due to the difficulty in selecting academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, some universities and scientific research institutions regard academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences and the Russian Academy of Engineering as one of the conditions for project application.
According to statistics, there are 133 academicians of water science in China, who are shivering and unable to sleep at night.
"Southern Weekend" is also a real blow. The academician's title is pheasant, shanzhai, and smuggled goods, which is the biggest scandal in the academic circles this year.
The survey shows that the "European Academy of Natural Sciences" is a private company registered by six Russians in Germany, and its registered place has even been "permanently closed".
It's not over yet. Rao Yi published an article on his personal public account entitled "A fable, teacher, you are too extreme", pointing directly to the corruption in the academic world, which is shocking!
Rao Yi said: "For several major international journals, papers can be purchased. If A gives C30 million to 8 million yuan, B can guarantee that C is the reviewer, and C will guarantee to accept A's contributions."
Rao Yi's disclosure was even more shocking, tearing open the last veil of shame in the academic world.
Academic corruption has long been an open secret in the world, just hiding it from the common people. According to the internationally renowned journal Nature, since 2021, more than 17000 Chinese papers have been withdrawn internationally, of which the medical sector is the worst hit area!
Caixin reported that in 2023, Chinese authors will withdraw 4836 articles, accounting for 75% of the global total. Four main reasons for the withdrawal of Chinese scholars' SCI papers are: unreliable data, peer review fraud, forgery and plagiarism by the "paper factory".
1、 Data is unreliable.
It refers to that in the research paper, the author intentionally tampers or forges the experimental data pictures to mislead the readers or increase the credibility of the research results. Falsification of pictures may include, but is not limited to, the following:
Modify the data or results in the picture to make the results look more favorable or significant; Use Photoshop or other image processing software to tamper with the picture; In the experiment, we deliberately select specific data or pictures, ignore the results that do not meet the expectations, and mislead the readers.
2、 Counterfeiting through peer review.
Peer review is a kind of paper review system widely used in academic journals. Generally, the journal editor invites scholars in the field involved to evaluate the quality of the paper, and the chief editor decides whether to publish the paper or not by referring to the evaluation results. This system is intended to ensure that the papers are "open and honest" and that the research is authentic and weighty enough.
The counterfeiter may provide a list of fake experts or a fake email address of a real expert. If the journal chooses them as reviewers, it will get an enthusiastic positive review receipt, thus "boosting" the publication of the paper.
3、 "Thesis factory" forgery and plagiarism.
The demand for essay writing is strong, and a gray industrial chain has also been derived: essay factory. The number of papers produced by the paper factory has increased year by year, reaching more than 100 by 2014, and more than 1000 after 2018.
In SCI papers, hospitals are the hardest hit areas for publishing papers, accounting for 67.5%. What is even more embarrassing is that the SCI papers published by global hospitals are almost all from Chinese hospitals.
There are two reasons for this:
First, the cost is low. The time and energy required to do an experiment cannot be calculated, and it will experience countless failures. The forgery only needs to change a graph, P data, and you can muddle through.
Second, the income is high. Academic achievements are hard currency, especially published in world-class top journals. The author's value is multiplied, which brings infinite benefits to me. It is enough to make people cheat without conscience.
Rao Yi said that if we spend three to eight million yuan, if we have three or four articles, the outstanding young people, the Yangtze River, and academicians will come one after another, and the resources we will master will certainly be more than one million or ten million.
How beautiful the cowhide is, how embarrassing it will be when the tide fades. Just like Academician Shui was exposed, they would like to delete all the public information and remove all the photos from the shelves. It is better that no one knows.
Will those who buy fake papers panic like this? I don't think so, because their gold lettered signboard of passing the water paper has already been in a high position. In the face of the tide of condemnation and abuse, they can cross their legs: if you are brave enough, you can dig out a few real names? Look what you can do.
Academic fraud is a matter of great importance and national style.
