Retracted Papers from Medical Universities in China Show Up Trend

Using the data from Retraction Watch [1], we made an analysis on the retracted papers from 18 Chinese medical universities, and found that the numbers of retraction increased with the year of publications, highlighting the worrying academic misconduct in China's medical universities.

Nanjing Medical University (NJMU) has the largest number of retracted papers. Among the papers published by author(s) from NJMU during the year of 2000 and 2023, 222 of them were retracted. The followings are Southern Medical University and Capital Medical University, having 186 and 176, respectively, papers retracted.

The largest number of retractions were posted to the papers published in 2022, suggesting worsening academic integrity in China's medical universities, and strengthening effort to identify academic misconduct by the scientific communities. The Chinese authority made some effort to fight against academic misconduct, but the outcome seems to be limited.



Reference

[1] The Retraction Watch Database (ISSN 2692-465X，Version: 1.0.7.0)






Author: WU Guangheng

Founder and Chair of the 5GH Foundation

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

Document ID: 5GH-WuGH-20240621.001

中文

Publication Date: 2024.06.21

This article is licensed to the 5GH Foundation under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License

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