Dr Shaoxiong Brian Xu and Prof. Guangwei Hu from the Department of English and Communication have recently published an article in Nature Human Behaviour, a prestigious multidisciplinary journal of Nature Portfolio that has an impressive impact factor of 22.3. A commentary on China’s pervasive research integrity issues, the article draws attention to three neglected issues underlying China’s retraction crisis: a striking disparity in the numbers of retractions between domestic and international journals, ineffective enforcement of a profusion of research integrity policies, and widespread non-transparency in handling breaches of research integrity. To help combat China’s retraction crisis, the article proposes five actionable initiatives. The article is the latest addition to a growing list of publications by Dr Xu and Prof. Hu since they started their collaborative foray into research integrity and publication ethics in 2017.
Source: Xu, S. B., & Hu, G. (2025). Combating China’s retraction crisis. Nature Human Behaviour. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02099-w
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