According to a report by Chinese Academy of Science, Springer Nature earned 471.86 million USD OA article processing charges in 2022, ranking 1st among academic publishers globally, following by MDPI (464.50 million), Elsevier (335.87 million), Frontiers (295.77 million), Wiley (243.85 million), Taylor & Francis (51.40 million), and IEEE (48.95 million).
Recently, the 5GH team found that 2 animal studies on ACS Omega, all came from mainland China, lacked ethical approval disclosure.
Up to now, the 5GH team has no intention of making specific accusations against the above papers. However, considering the large number of the publications that may be involved in academic misconduct, the 5GH team calls for the participation from more institutions and individuals in order to promote the investigation faster.
From late January to recently, Bioengineered retracted 54 papers, which were published from late 2021 to early 2022 by Chinese authors. The journal stated in the Statement of Retraction that this action was due to concerns about publication integrity and the compliance with ethical policies for human research.