Misconduct Records for Editors in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

We find that 7 members in the editor board [1] of Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy have PubPeer records related to academic misconduct. 3 of them are from Nanjing Medical University, 2 are from University of Naples Federico II, one is from University of Pisa, and one is from CHA University.

These misconduct records raise our concern about the publication ntegrity in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. We urge the publisher Elsevier to take actions to secure the publication integrity of the journal.



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(1) Editorial board






Author: WU Guangheng

Founder and Chair of the 5GH Foundation

E-Mail: wu@5gh.org.cn

Document ID: 5GH-WuGH-20240209.001

Publication Date: 2024.02.09

This article is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License

Academic Misconduct Record: TONG Qiangsong

Name: TONG Qiangsong

Affiliation: Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology


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