A recent investigation reveals abnormal publication records of an author group from the Southwest University. TAN Qinyi (谭亲毅) is one of the core authors among this authorship network. Another key author is TENG Luyan.
A same ethical approval number (XMYY-2024KYSB090) in three articles [1, 2, 3] coauthored by YE Guanzhi (叶冠志) et. al., with The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University. However, This ethical approval is questionable.
Our investigation reveals that Chinese authors are over represented in Advanced Materials family. In 2025, about 61% published in Advanced Materials have a Chinese first author. The number reaches 71.6% in Advanced Functional Materials.
An investigation by the 5GH Team found that China ranks among the top collaborating countries for U.S. universities.
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).
An investigation by the 5GH Team reveals that PLoS articles with a Chinese first author have citation disadvantage.
A recent investigation reveals that an author group from Liaoning Normal University with core authors of ZHU Xingchen (朱星辰) exhibits several salami-slicing publication practices.
Recently, the 5GH Team uncovered a network at Hainan University and other Chinese universities suspected of manipulating the peer review process.
The article suggests that a structured after-school physical activity program can effectively improve physical fitness, body composition, and sleep of primary school students. This finding is interesting not only to the scientific community, but also to the general public, as physical inactivity and declining physical fitness pose significant risks to the health of Chinese children and adolescents. However, caution is needed when we interpret the results from this study.
Nature communications articles with a Chinese first author published in 2025 received an average of 13.4 citations, ranking 1st among the nation published more than 20 articles in the journal
A recent investigation by the 5GH Team uncovered the questionable editorial and review practices by HUANG Difang (黄棣芳) on PLoS ONE and other journals.
Recently, the 5GH Team received a tip-off alleging that Timothy Jeonglyeol LEE (李鼎烈) from the Macau University of Science and Technology may be exploiting his position as the Editor-in-Chief of "The International Journal of Tourism Research" (IJTR) to inflate his citations. Here are some more detailed data
A previous investigation [1] revealed that about 17.5% citations to DAI Shifeng (代世峰) in 2025 came from the "International Journal of Coal Geology" (IJCG), the journal for which he services as the Editor-in-Chief. However, our further investigation shows that the phenomenon was common over the last two decades.
