A third of the 6,000 scientists polled in a recent government study of the nation’s top science institutions said they had plagiarized or fabricated data
China’s stated goal of becoming a ‘research superpower’ could be held back by one big problem reports The New York Times. The newspaper notes that fraud is pervasive in education and scientific research as state universities pressure academics to rack up credentials and raise the nation’s image. They report that a third of the 6,000 scientists polled in a recent government study of the nation’s top science institutions said they had plagiarized or fabricated data. (1)