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The
guidelines, released on Wednesday by the ruling Communist Party
and the State Council, or cabinet, prohibit plagiarism,
fabrication of data and research conclusions, ghost-writing and
peer review manipulation, according to Xinhua.
Scandals in recent years involving things like faked research,
plagiarism and problematic peer review standards have dented
China's reputation as a growing force in the world of scientific
research.
Xinhua said China would build a "scientific integrity mechanism"
to drive innovation while maintaining zero tolerance for severe
academic dishonesty.
"Anyone who violates the integrity rules will be held
accountable by law," it said, citing a document issued by the
party and government.
"Those who are found to have committed academic misconduct will
be banned from teaching or doing any kind of research work in
government-run schools and scientific institutions. Their
research grants will be canceled and honors revoked, according
to the guidelines," it said.
The Ministry of Science and Technology would take responsibility
for coordinating and managing the effort in scientific fields,
while the state-run Chinese Academy of Social Sciences would do
so in social sciences.
Xinhua said the science ministry planned to build "a journal
warning mechanism to put any domestic or international academic
journals that ignores academic quality while seeking high
payments onto a blacklist".
Papers published in such journals would not be recognized in any
kind of assessment, it said.
The guidelines also aimed to change the standards by which
scientists are evaluated so that integrity becomes a key factor,
rather than just the production of papers, patents, titles,
projects and the collection of honors, it said.
(Reporting by John Ruwitch; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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