January 4, 2014
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Tokyo Univ. to crack down on plagiarism in theses
The Yomiuri ShimbunThe University of Tokyo will overhaul its thesis examination process and throw the book at anyone found to have plagiarized other people's work, according to the university president.The tighter screening and tougher penalties come after the university last month effectively dismi... READ MORE>>
Rampant cheating hurts China's research ambitions
LIUZHOU, China (AP) — When professors in China need to author research papers to get promoted, many turn to people like Lu Keqian.Working on his laptop in a cramped spare bedroom, the former schoolteacher ghostwrites for professors, students, government offices — anyone willing to pay his fee, typic... READ MORE>>
Tokyo University researcher stripped of doctorate for plagiarism
An assistant professor at the University of Tokyo has been stripped of his Ph. D. after he was found to have plagiarized his doctoral thesis, the university has announced. Anilir Serkan, 36, an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Engineering, was found to have copied abou... READ MORE>>
Fraud, the h-index, and Pasternak
Nicholas A. KotovACS Nano, 2010, 4 (2), pp 585–586DOI: 10.1021/nn100182y >>>> READ MORE>>
Publish or perish in China
Nature 463, 142-143 (2010) , doi:10.1038/463142a Jane Qiu The latest in a string of high-profile academic fraud cases in China underscores the problems of an academic-evaluation system that places disproportionate emphasis on publications, critics say. Editors at the UK-bas... READ MORE>>
Scientific fraud: action needed in China - THE LANCET
THE LANCET, Volume 375, Issue 9709, Page 94, 9 January 2010 EditorialOn Dec 19, 2009, editors at Acta Crystallographica Section Ealerted the scientific community to a disgraceful pattern of fraud involving papers they had published in 2007. At least 70 false crystal structures were reported—mainly... READ MORE>>
Plagiarism scandal grows in Iran
Nature 462, 704-705 (2009) | doi:10.1038/462704a Investigation finds more cases of duplication in publications co-authored by ministers and senior officials.Declan ButlerEXCLUSIVE Nature has uncovered further instances of apparent plagiarism in papers co-authored by governmen... READ MORE>>
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