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Experts have called for changes to China's academic assessment system after Berlin-based publisher Springer announced on April 21 it was withdrawing 107 scientific articles produced by Chinese institutions from editions of the Tumor Biology journal published between 2012 and 2016.


"We are retracting these published papers because the peer-review process required for publication in our journals had been deliberately compromised by fabricated peer reviewer reports Acheter Nike Air Max 97 OG UNDFTD Undefeated Sail Speed Rouge Blanche ," Peter Butler, editorial director of Springer's Cell Biology & Biochemistry department, told the Global Times.


The articles removed by Springer used the real names of authentic academic reviewers but fabricated their reviews, reported China Youth Daily.


According to the list Springer posted, the authors involved in this round of retractions are all from Chinese institutions, mostly medical institutes such as the prestigious Department of Neurosurgery Air Max 97 OG UNDFTD Undefeated Noir Rouge Pas Cher , Tongji Hospital under Shanghai's Tongji University.


"Peer reviewers are required to anonymously evaluate papers before researchers get funding, but their identities are often compromised and they are contacted for better evaluation reports," Zhi Zhenfeng, an associate research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.


After domestic media reports on the retractions, Wang Chunhua Homme Air Max 97 OG GS Argent Blanche Pas Cher , head of the China Association for Science and Technology, said on April 18 that Springer should also shoulder responsibility for the fraud as it did not examine the articles "carefully" before publishing them.


Faced with this criticism, Butler told the Global Times that "although the number of articles retracted in this case is significant, it reflects our diligence in investigating publishing misconduct over an extended period of time. We recognize that this is an industry problem and are currently working on new procedures to avoid similar instances of misconduct in the future."


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Despite Butler claiming that academic fraud is a global phenomenon, this incident still sparked heated discussion on Chinese social media platforms as many netizens questioned Chinese academicians' integrity.


"Why does this academic fraud keep happening in China, for shame Homme Air Max 97 OG GS Blanche Pas Cher ," said Sina Weibo user huoshanerqu.


In August 2016, Springer pulled 64 articles from 10 of its journals after finding evidence of faked peer reviews, nearly all of them by Chinese contributors. In March 2015, London-based BioMed Central retracted 43 papers for faking peer reviews, 41 of them by Chinese researchers, according to an earlier Global Times report.