The appointment and publicity of the vice president triggered academic false reports.
38-year-old Wang Fengyang, professor, doctoral supervisor, director of animal science department of Hainan University, and leader of animal science discipline. He is also the first "5 15" second-class talent in Hainan Province, a member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of China, a deputy chairman of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Revolutionary Committee, and a member of the Hainan Provincial Political Consultative Conference.
On March 16, the Party Committee of Hainan University plans to appoint Wang Fengyang as the vice president of Agricultural College. According to Zheng Zaixi, organization minister of Hainan University, this appointment is to better develop animal science in Agricultural College.
In Hainan University, Agricultural College is the only college with national key disciplines. Nevertheless, animal science in agricultural college is a "short leg". Zheng Zaixi introduced that after secret recommendation, Wang Fengyang won the majority of votes.
In the consultation before the appointment, some teachers in the Agricultural College raised objections, but it did not involve academic fraud.
"Even if a few people object, we will take different opinions seriously. At first, it reflected Wang Fengyang's other problems, such as paying attention to personal fame and fortune and easily losing his temper. He admitted it himself and regretted it, but no one reflected the problem of academic fraud at that time. " Zheng Zaixi said.
After carefully listening to and analyzing opinions from all sides and reporting to the Party Committee, after comprehensive consideration, Wang Fengyang was appointed as the vice president of the Agricultural College by Hainan University and publicized for 7 days.
Just after the publicity, the report reflecting Wang Fengyang's academic fraud also went to the organization department of Hainan University. Related report materials have also appeared on the website of New Threads, which is famous for "counterfeiting". The title of "New Threads" website is "Evidence of Academic Misconduct by Professor Wang Fengyang of Hainan University and Member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee".
Zheng Zaixi didn't see the report materials on the website of New Threads, but after receiving the teacher's report, he consulted experts to determine whether Wang Fengyang had "academic fraud".
Academic fraud or misconduct?
From the materials reported to our reporter by many teachers from the Agricultural College of Hainan University and the evidence published on the New Threads website, it can be found that the contents of reporting Wang Fengyang's "academic fraud" are divided into "academic achievement registration and resume fraud" and "reporting the fraud of the top ten outstanding young people in Hainan Province and other reporting materials".
The teacher who reported the case told the reporter that Wang Fengyang had made a fraud in his score registration and resume. For example, Wang Fengyang actually ranked fifth in the article "Using Microarray and Dorsal/Abdominal Subtraction Screening to Develop Molecular Mapping Rich in Dorsal Horn Genes", and his ranking in Wang Fengyang's many introductions, including the website of Hainan University and the registration form of scientific research achievements in 2006, was changed to third.
"The actual SCI impact factors of the magazine that published this article in 2006 and 2007 were 4.893 and 4.7 14 respectively, and Wang blew it to 6.0. Science must be rigorous and realistic, one is one, the other is two, and there is no room for hypocrisy. " The teacher who reported it wrote in another material sent to "leaders at all levels in Hainan Province".
"If you publish a paper in a magazine with an impact factor of 6.0 or above, it is already the top level in Hainan academic circles." A teacher told reporters.
The evidence published on the New Threads website also mentioned: "In the materials of the top ten outstanding young candidates of the 9th Hainan Province from June 5 to 10, 2008, the above papers were directly regarded as their published papers. It is worth noting that in the above-mentioned online resume, he only promoted his ranking in the paper from the fifth to the third. In this review, he directly said that the paper was his paper and directly took the achievements of others for himself; At the same time, according to his materials, he published more than 40 papers, five of which were included in SCI. On China Journal Network (CNKI), I did a cross-database search with the author Wang Fengyang, and then checked with the unit where Wang had worked and studied. I found that he had published a total of 23 papers, plus papers published by foreign journals. The total number of papers published by Wang should be below 30. "
The teacher who reported Wang Fengyang's fraud also summarized "Wang's academic fraud means": "First, the paper of the fifth author is called the third author, and even directly counted as his own achievement; The second is to forge six papers with influential factors from 4: 00 to 5: 00, and improve their academic level by improving the grade and level of the papers; The third is to exaggerate the number of published papers. "
They said: "Based on the above evidence, we have reason to believe that Wang used the same forgery and deception to defraud all kinds of qualifications and titles in previous evaluations of professor titles, doctoral supervisors," 5 15 "talents and cross-century talents, as well as when he entered the Hainan Provincial Revolutionary Committee, the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee and the top level of the Hainan Provincial Political Consultative Conference."
The organization department of Hainan University attaches great importance to teachers' reports. Zheng Zaixi introduced that Hainan University attached great importance to the report that "the fifth signature and the third name are serious frauds" and conducted a special investigation.
Zheng Zaixi said that at the end of this article, the first three authors made the same contribution, so Wang Fengyang thought that the first three authors were the first authors, and he was postponed to the third author. He said that foreign countries have such treatment, so he wrote this when he applied for relevant materials later. We didn't understand this matter, so we consulted relevant departments and two senior editors. They think there must be something wrong with the third author. We don't know whether there is such an express provision abroad, but it is generally not handled in China. But they all think that it can't be said to be academic fraud, at most it is inappropriate.
Is the reporter using "academic fraud" to say things?
Hainan University's explanation did not satisfy the teacher who reported it. On March 18, they wrote to "leaders at all levels in Hainan Province" to reflect Wang Fengyang's "problems", and came to the conclusion that Wang Fengyang was "totally unsuitable for the leadership positions such as vice president of agricultural college".
Wang Fengyang not only has the problem of academic fraud, but also has other problems. In their letters of complaint to leaders at all levels in Hainan Province, Wang Fengyang classified them as "narrow-minded", "corrupt teachers' morality", "jealous of talents" and "speculative forces".
"At the end of 2008, because he was unsuccessful in the primary election of the outstanding talents funded project of the Ministry of Education, he made verbal and personal attacks on Vice President Yang, the leader of the evaluation team, and threatened Yang in public, claiming that Vice President Yang would fall into his hands one day." This is an example of Wang Fengyang's "narrow mind" described in the teacher's letter.
Yang, deputy dean of the Agricultural College of Hainan University, also introduced the above dispute with Wang Fengyang. He said that his opinions on Wang Fengyang were initially reflected to the organization director and party secretary, and the school finally passed the appointment of Wang Fengyang, or obeyed the arrangement of the school party Committee.
Zheng Zaixi reflected that when reporting whether the teacher used "academic fraud" to say things, Zheng Zaixi did not give a positive answer. He said that this issue is more complicated, and it is normal that there are still some contradictions to be solved after the merger of Hainan University. Zheng Zaixi believes that by organizing departmental training and education, Wang Fengyang can overcome some shortcomings reflected by teachers and do a good job as the vice president of Agricultural College.
Hainan University is the latest batch of universities to enter the "2 1 1 Project" and the latest batch of merged universities. In August 2007, the former South China University of Tropical Agriculture and Hainan University merged to form a provincial comprehensive key university.
There is also a strong reaction from the reporting teacher: Hainan University Agricultural College is a college with only more than 70 faculty members. At present, in addition to a dean and Wang Fengyang, there are already seven vice presidents leading. Whether the Agricultural College needs so many vice presidents' leadership puzzled the teachers of the newspaper.