Recruiters slammed for hiring academic fraudster
By Wang Qingchu |
September 6, 2011, Tuesday
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A Chinese cardiac researcher, who was offered several million yuan to lure him back to the country, was demoted by a Can-adian hospital following allegations of scientific misconduct.
Fang Zhouzi, an activist against academic fraud, told the Beijing Times the Montreal Heart Institute in Canada revoked Wang Zhiguo's research privileges and shut down his laboratory after he was found to be manipulating images published in his papers.
Wang is a member of the research center affiliated to the Montreal Heart Institute, but he was hired by the Harbin Medical University to be director of its Cardiovascular Drugs Institute in northeastern Heilong-jiang Province, according to yesterday's Beijing Times.
The newspaper said Wang received 1.5 million yuan (US$234,804) in research funds from provincial and central governments.
He and his co-authors voluntarily withdrew two papers published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in 2007 and 2008 because of "a mix-up of images used to illustrate the data," according to news reports.
Wang claimed the conclusion in the papers was correct and the laboratory results could be reproduced.
The Montreal Heart Institute launched an investigation after he told them he had retracted the articles. An independent body of investigators concluded Wang's work did not meet its scientific standards. That investigation proved Wang faked his scientific research, Fang told the Beijing Times.
"It was a very harsh punishment," Fang said. Although Wang was not fired by the institute, shutting down his laboratory amounted to sacking him, according to Fang.
He criticized Chinese academic watchdogs for hiring the scholar, saying China seldom checked the background of scholars with abundant overseas working experience.
Neither Wang nor the Harbin Medical University responded to requests for comment.
Fang Zhouzi, an activist against academic fraud, told the Beijing Times the Montreal Heart Institute in Canada revoked Wang Zhiguo's research privileges and shut down his laboratory after he was found to be manipulating images published in his papers.
Wang is a member of the research center affiliated to the Montreal Heart Institute, but he was hired by the Harbin Medical University to be director of its Cardiovascular Drugs Institute in northeastern Heilong-jiang Province, according to yesterday's Beijing Times.
The newspaper said Wang received 1.5 million yuan (US$234,804) in research funds from provincial and central governments.
He and his co-authors voluntarily withdrew two papers published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in 2007 and 2008 because of "a mix-up of images used to illustrate the data," according to news reports.
Wang claimed the conclusion in the papers was correct and the laboratory results could be reproduced.
The Montreal Heart Institute launched an investigation after he told them he had retracted the articles. An independent body of investigators concluded Wang's work did not meet its scientific standards. That investigation proved Wang faked his scientific research, Fang told the Beijing Times.
"It was a very harsh punishment," Fang said. Although Wang was not fired by the institute, shutting down his laboratory amounted to sacking him, according to Fang.
He criticized Chinese academic watchdogs for hiring the scholar, saying China seldom checked the background of scholars with abundant overseas working experience.
Neither Wang nor the Harbin Medical University responded to requests for comment.
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