09.30
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Chengdu
On September 30, Chengdu University announced that the monograph and two English-language papers of Zeng of the College of Music and Dance constituted academic misconduct. She was removed from her post as Party secretary of the college, her senior professional and technical position qualification was revoked, her eligibility to apply for research projects and apply for professional title evaluations was suspended for 36 months, and the case was entered into the database of serious breaches of research integrity. The university's stationed discipline inspection and supervision group has filed a case for investigation. According to China Newsweek, the person involved is Zeng Qin.
08.05
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Haikou, Hainan
On August 5, 2026, an academic fraud-exposing blogger posted a video revealing that the team of Zou Jietao, vice president of Hainan Medical University and a doctoral supervisor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, mass-fabricated experimental data in multiple papers published in top international journals through simple multiplication and division, shaking the academic community.
2026.08
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·United Kingdom
Facing escalating allegations of doctoral thesis plagiarism and pressure from media investigations, 41-year-old Cambridge University professor Jason Arday chose to end his own life, sparking widespread reflection in British society on academic integrity and DEI policies.
05.27
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 2
·China
On May 27, 2026, the academic fraud-exposing blogger "Geng Tongxue" publicly accused journal papers published by National Outstanding Young Scholar (Jieqing) scholars at Central South University and Tongji University of containing duplicated, fabricated data, and revealed that he had previously received a call from a middleman demanding money to settle the matter privately and take the video down.
05.05
·Verified
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Guangzhou, Guangdong
A blogger filed a real-name report alleging that data fabrication was suspected in a paper published in 2020 by Professor Kang Tiebang, deputy director of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Sun Yat-sen University responded that an investigation has been launched.
2025.09
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·United Kingdom
Times Higher Education originally planned to publish a report alleging that Cambridge University professor Jason Arday's doctoral thesis and several journal articles involved plagiarism, but Arday subsequently hired a law firm to force the report to be taken down.
2018
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
In 2018, Gao Xiaosong posted on Weibo that he had officially joined Harvard University as a researcher. Netizens searched Harvard's website and found that his English title was Associate, raising questions about him exaggerating his credentials.