Recently, the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology (referred to as "Jiangxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology") made a decision to extend the extension of 7 academic misconducts in the relevant notifications of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (referred to as "National Natural Science Foundation of China") Punishment: On the basis of the National Natural Science Foundation of China canceling the relevant actor's application for the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the qualification for participating in the application for 3-5 years, cancel the application of the relevant actor's provincial science and technology plan projects (special projects, funds, etc.) The qualification is 1-5 years; the credit rating of its experts is downgraded ; within 1-5 years, it is not allowed to participate in the consultation and evaluation activities of provincial scientific and technological activities.

The academic misconduct involved in the above-mentioned extended punishment includes: Wang Xuzhen, Wen Bing, Li Yuanyuan, and Zhang Cheng of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Xie Junfeng and Xiao Chunqing of Ganzhou People's Hospital, and Zhang Yiping of Jiujiang University.

The Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Science and Technology Department of Jiangxi Province have dealt with and extended punishments for academic misconduct by some researchers. Drawing: The Paper compiled according to the public information of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology

Attached is the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology's notice on extending punishment to some researchers:

Jiujiang, Ganzhou City Science and Technology Bureau, Provincial Department of Education, Provincial Health Commission, Nanchang University, Jiujiang College, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Ganzhou City People's Hospital, departments and departments of the relevant departments:

According to relevant notifications from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Wang Xuzhen, Wen Bing, Li Yuanyuan, and Zhang Cheng of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Xie Junfeng and Xiao Chunqing of Ganzhou People's Hospital, and Zhang Yiping of Jiujiang University have committed serious academic misconduct, and they are cancelled. 1 to 5 years limit the eligibility to apply for science and technology plan projects (special projects, funds, etc.) or projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In order to be serious about scientific research style and study style, and to purify the scientific research ecological environment, according to the "Jiangxi Province Scientific Research Integrity Information Management Measures", the Provincial Science and Technology Department decided to give extended punishment to the above seven people:

1. Cancellation of Ganzhou City People's Hospital Xiao Chunqing's provincial science and technology plan project (special project, fund, etc.) application qualification for 5 years (July 19, 2022 to July 18, 2027);

2. Cancellation of Zhang Yiping's provincial science and technology plan project (special project, fund, etc.) qualification for 5 years (from April 21, 2022 to April 20, 2027), the expert credit rating will be reduced from A to D, and he will not be able to participate within 5 years Consulting and review activities for provincial science and technology activities;

3. Cancellation of Wang Xuzhen and Wenbing provincial science and technology plan projects (special projects, funds, etc.) of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, for 3 years (July 19, 2022 to July 18, 2025), and the credit rating of experts was reduced from A to Grade C, not allowed to participate in the consultation and review activities of provincial science and technology activities within 3 years;

4. Cancellation of Ganzhou City People's Hospital Xie Junfeng's provincial science and technology plan project (special project, fund, etc.) application qualification for 3 years (July 19, 2022 to July 18, 2025);

5. Disqualification of Li Yuanyuan and Zhang Cheng from the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University for provincial science and technology plan projects (special projects, funds, etc.) Grade C, not allowed to participate in the consultation and review activities of provincial science and technology activities within one year.

Relevant units are requested to take the warning and draw inferences from one instance to other cases, conscientiously fulfill the main responsibility of the unit and industry in the construction of scientific research integrity, effectively build a firewall for the awareness of scientific research integrity, strengthen the initiative to optimize the style of scientific research and study, and do a good job in serving the local economy and society. Booster, strive to create an honest and trustworthy scientific research ecological environment.

Attachment: Ministry of Science and Technology, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Department of Science and Technology of Jiangxi Province

November 24, 2022

Announcement on the results of dealing with plagiarism in Wang Xuzhen's National Natural Science Foundation of China project application

The Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China launched an investigation into Wang Xuzhen of Nanchang University (the actual unit is the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, relying on Nanchang University to apply for the National Natural Science Foundation of China project) for suspected academic misconduct.

After investigation, Wang Xuzhen used the content of other people's applications to declare the National Natural Science Foundation of China project "The effect and molecular mechanism of MGP gene methylation induced by gut-derived toxins on vascular calcification in uremic rats" (application number 8226080436), plagiarizing others Regarding the content of the project application, Wang Xuzhen should be responsible for the above-mentioned problems.

After deliberation at the 14th meeting of the 5th Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the approval of the 10th executive meeting of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022, it was decided to follow the 40th "Measures for Investigation and Handling of Misconduct in Scientific Research of National Natural Science Foundation of China Projects" Article, the application of Wang Xuzhen's National Natural Science Foundation of China project "The effect of gut-derived toxin-induced MGP gene methylation on vascular calcification in uremic rats and its molecular mechanism" (application number 8226080436) was withdrawn, and Wang Xuzhen's application for the National Natural Science Foundation of China was cancelled. Participate in the application qualification for 3 years (July 19, 2022 to July 18, 2025), and give Wang Xuzhen a notice of criticism.

Notification on the results of plagiarism and plagiarism in the Wenbing National Natural Science Foundation of China project application

The Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China launched an investigation into Wen Bing of Nanchang University (the actual unit is the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, relying on Nanchang University to apply for the National Natural Science Foundation of China project) for suspected academic misconduct.

After investigation, Wen Bing used the content of other people's applications to declare the National Natural Science Foundation of China project "Preparation of 'Sandwich' Degradable Bone Repair Scaffold and Its Application in Alveolar Bone Repair" (application number 8226030718), plagiarizing others Wen Bing shall be responsible for the content of the project application.

After deliberation at the 14th meeting of the 5th Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the approval of the 10th executive meeting of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022, it was decided to follow the 40th "Measures for Investigation and Handling of Misconduct in Scientific Research of National Natural Science Foundation of China Projects" Article, the application of the Wenbing National Natural Science Foundation of China project "Preparation of 'Sandwich' Degradable Bone Repair Scaffold and Its Application in Alveolar Bone Repair" (application number 8226030718) was withdrawn, and the Wenbing National Natural Science Foundation of China project application and Participate in the application qualification for 3 years (July 19, 2022 to July 18, 2025), and Wen Bing will be given a notice of criticism.

Announcement on the results of dealing with plagiarism in Xie Junfeng's National Natural Science Foundation of China project application

The Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China launched an investigation into Xie Junfeng of Nanchang University (the actual unit is Ganzhou People's Hospital, relying on Nanchang University to apply for the National Natural Science Foundation of China project) for suspected academic misconduct.

After investigation, Xie Junfeng used the content of other people's applications to declare the National Natural Science Foundation of China project "Research on the mechanism of circRNA 97 regulating the activation of hepatic stellate cells and affecting liver fibrosis through the miR-146b-5p-HIPK1 axis" (application number 8226030896), plagiarism Xie Junfeng should be responsible for plagiarizing the content of other people's project application documents.

After deliberation at the 14th meeting of the 5th Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the approval of the 10th executive meeting of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022, it was decided to follow the 40th "Measures for Investigation and Handling of Misconduct in Scientific Research of National Natural Science Foundation of China Projects" Article, the application of Junfeng Xie's National Natural Science Foundation of China project "Research on the mechanism of circRNA 97 regulating hepatic stellate cell activation and affecting liver fibrosis through the miR-146b-5p-HIPK1 axis" (application number 8226030896) was withdrawn, and the application of Xie Junfeng's National Natural Science Foundation of China project was cancelled. And participate in the application qualification for 3 years (July 19, 2022 to July 18, 2025), give Xie Junfeng a notice of criticism.

Announcement on the results of dealing with problems such as entrusting others to write for others, plagiarism and plagiarism in Xiao Chunqing's National Natural Science Foundation of China project application

The Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China launched an investigation into suspected academic misconduct against Xiao Chunqing of Nanchang University (the actual unit is the Ganzhou People's Hospital, relying on Nanchang University to apply for the National Natural Science Foundation of China project).

After investigation, Xiao Chunqing had the problem of entrusting others to write the project application. In addition, Xiao Chunqing used the content of the project application obtained by the client through other channels to apply for the National Natural Science Foundation of China project "Research on the Mechanism of Relaxin Anti-Myocardial Fibrosis Through the RAAS System" (application number 8226020251), plagiarizing other people's project applications content problem. Xiao Chunqing should be responsible for the above problems.

After deliberation at the 14th meeting of the 5th Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the approval of the 10th executive meeting of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022, it was decided to follow the 40th "Measures for Investigation and Handling of Misconduct in Scientific Research of National Natural Science Foundation of China Projects" Article 41, item 1, revoked Xiao Chunqing's application for the National Natural Science Foundation of China project "Research on the Mechanism of Relaxin Anti-Myocardial Fibrosis Through the RAAS System" (application number 8226020251), and canceled Xiao Chunqing's application for and participation in the National Natural Science Foundation of China Qualification for 5 years (July 19, 2022 to July 18, 2027), Xiao Chunqing was given a notice of criticism.

Decision on dealing with problems such as forgery, tampering with pictures and repeated publication of papers published by Zhang Yiping

The Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China launched an investigation into the suspected academic misconduct of the papers published by Zhang Yiping of Jiujiang University. The papers involved are as follows:

Paper 1: Yiping Zhang*, Xufeng Zhou, Changchang Yin, Yahua Wu, Lili Wang. Overexpression of ERβ inhibits the proliferation through regulating TNG-β signaling pathway in osteosarcoma. Pathol. Res. Pract., 2019, 215(10): 152568 .(Fund No. 81360364)

Paper 2: Yiping Zhang*, Benyi Yi, Xufeng Zhou, Yahua Wu, Lili Wang. Overexpression of ERβ participates in the progression of liver cancer via inhibiting the notch signaling pathway. OncoTargets Therapy, 2019, 12: 8715-8724. No. 81360364)

Paper 3: Yiping Zhang*, Changchang Yin, Xufeng Zhou, Yahua Wu, Lili Wang. Silencing of estrogen receptor beta promotes the invasion and migration of osteosarcoma cells through activating Wnt signaling pathway. OncoTargets Therapy, 2019, 12: 6779-6788. Mark the fund number 81360364)

Paper 4: Yiping Zhang*, Yahua Wu, Xufeng Zhou, Benyi Yi, Lili Wang. Estrogen receptor beta inhibits the proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis of gastric cancer cells through inhibiting nuclear factor-kappa B signaling. OncoTargets Therapy, 2019, 12: 9153-9164. (marked with fund number 81360364)

After investigation, the above-mentioned 4 papers had problems such as forged pictures, tampering, and repeated publication, and Zhang Yiping, the first and corresponding author, was responsible for the above-mentioned problems.

After deliberation at the thirteenth meeting of the fifth Supervision Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Life Medicine Professional Committee), and the approval of the 8th Executive Meeting of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022, it was decided to follow the "Investigation on Misconduct in Scientific Research of National Natural Science Foundation of China Projects" Article 47, Article 40, and Item 1 of Article 42 of the Handling Measures cancel the Zhang Yiping National Natural Science Foundation project "Liquiritigen Coordinates the Anti-tumor Effect of Estrogen β Isomers in the Hypoxic Microenvironment of Liver Cancer" and Mechanism Research" (approval number 81360364), recover the allocated funds, cancel Zhang Yiping's National Natural Science Foundation of China project application and participation qualification for 5 years (April 21, 2022 to April 20, 2027), give Zhang Yiping a notice of criticism .

Summary of the Ministry of Science and Technology's public notification of the results of the investigation and handling of medical research integrity cases in some universities (November 7, 2022)

Li Yuanyuan from the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University is the corresponding author and Zhang Cheng is the first author of the paper "LncRNA CASC15 promotes migration and invasion inprostate cancer via targeting miR-200a-3p". After investigation, some experiments in this paper were completed by a third-party organization. The author did not review the experimental data and published the paper based on it, and there was an issue of improper signature. The unit dealt with Li Yuanyuan and Zhang Cheng as follows: scientific research integrity admonishment talks, suspension of their qualifications for scientific and technological planning projects (special projects, funds, etc.) for 1 year.