Investigations and Actions


Questionable Data on WEI Gaofei's Master Thesis

An investigation reveals that data presented on Figure 5-7, 5-8, 5-9 and 5-10 of WEI Gaofei's (魏高飞) Master Thesis was reused from the article where he was listed as the first author. However, the same dataset was claimed to have been obtained under different experimental conditions in the two documents


Duplicated Images on 10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.102928

Some duplicated parts (marked with same colour boxes) are observer in Figure 6A of the article [1].


An Anesthesiologist Conducting Materials Science Research

LIN Qun (林群), an anesthesiologist at the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, has published three materials science articles focusing on the photocatalytic properties of nanomaterials, topics that are entirely unrelated to his professional background.


Abnormal Spectra on 10.1039/d5ma00354g

Duplicated parts (marked with same colour boxes) are observed on the black line in Figure 13c of this article [1], suggesting the spectrum was manipulated.


Questionable Ethical Statement on Three Articles

Recently, the 5GH Team received an anonymous e-mail accusing the ethical statement in article [1] of being false. A further investigation by the 5GH Team identified two additional articles [23] that also reported the same so-called ethical approval number, SQ2018-039-01.


Questionable Ethics Statements on Two Article from Shanghai Jiaotong University

The ethics statements on two article [1, 2] are found to be questionable. Due to authors' violation against the ethics management regulations in China, it remains unclear whether such conclusion in article [2] is solid. The 5GH Team is seeking a volunteer team to replicate the study. If any group is interested, they are welcome to contact the Team at 5GH@5gh.org.cn.


Problematic References in 10.1371/journal.pone.0347213

A recent investigation by the 5GH Team identified ten problematic references in article [1], specifically references 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 18, 20, 26, 53, and 56.


Problematic Reference in 10.1371/journal.pone.0346980

A potential hallucination reference is identified on the article [1].


All Figures in Two Articles by LIU Yueliang (刘月亮) Are Identical and Derived from a Single Master's Thesis

An investigation conducted by the 5GH Team has revealed that two articles, contain 20 identical figures, all of which are reused from the Master's Thesis of LIU Wenbin, a former student at China University of Petroleum (East China).


Abnormal Spectra on 10.1016/S2307-1877(25)00575-9

An investigation revealed abnormal spectra on the article


Wuhan University Brought Sic-Hub Database from Shanghai Jiaotong University

Recently, the 5GH Team obtained a document showing that Wuhan University purchased an 80TB Sci-Hub paper dataset from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2025 for a tender price of 70,000 RMB, via a "single-source" procurement.


《大连理工学报》被仿冒

近日,5GH 团队得到消息显示,《大连理工学报》的主页被仿冒。


《化学工程》被仿冒

近日,5GH 团队得到消息显示,《化学工程》的主页被仿冒。


你的研究问卷可能是戏精 AI 填写的

你在网上填过的那些问卷,无论是关于政治态度、消费习惯还是心理健康,都可能正被一群看不见的“伪装者”悄悄渗透。它们不是粗制滥造的自动程序,而是能够随机应变、假装无知、甚至会根据你的人设调整措辞的AI。最近,两篇来自顶级学术期刊的论文共同揭示了一个令人不安的事实:AI不仅理论上能完美冒充人类填问卷,而且它们已经大规模混入了我们常用的在线调查平台。


UK 科技部长点名中国三家医院涉嫌兜售生物银行数据

近日,UK BioBank 数据被挂在阿里巴巴上出售的新闻引起全球哗然。那么,究竟是谁泄露了这些数据呢?《卫报》(The Guardian)引用 UK 科技部长 Patrick Vallance 的信息指出,中南大学湘雅二医院,吉林大学中日联谊医院,以及北京朝阳医院的研究人员可能是这次泄露事件背后的来源。




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