Potential Misconduct on Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Recently, we noticed potential misconduct on "Potential Misconduct on Journal of Integrative Neuroscience".

A Chinese social media user claims he/she was invited to submit a manuscript to the journal, and calls for someone to submit a manuscript instead of him/her. He/She asks for co-authorship of the manuscript, through he/she did not involve in the research.

Therefore, we are asking your journal for a further investigation about this matter.








Author: WU Guangheng

Founder and Chair of the 5GH Foundation

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

Document ID: 5GH-WuGH-20240517.001

中文

Publication Date: 2024.05.17

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

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