(11 August 2017) Writing for the Globe and Mail, Frank Ching, a Hong Kong journalist considers fabricated papers in medical journals with fake peer reviews written by fabricated specialists.
In April, Springer Nature announced that it was retracting 107 research papers by Chinese authors after discovering irregularities in the peer-review process of articles published in the journal Tumor Biology between 2012 and 2016.
The retraction of more than 100 papers constituted the largest single withdrawal of academic papers, according to Retraction Watch, which monitors academic fraud.
At the end of July, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced the results of its investigation into the case. It largely upheld the decision made by Springer Nature.
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