The Number of Hudiandian Paper Mill Articles Reaches 12
Previously, the 5GH Team discovered that HU Shengnan (胡圣男) and LI Mengying (李梦颖), two students from Hubei University, were operating the Hudiandian Paper Mill and selling their data to third parties. In our previous report [1], we analyzed three articles [2-4]. However, additional problematic articles have since been identified. To date, the team has found 12 articles that share overlapping data or spectra with HU and LI's work from Hubei University. Although some of these 12 articles were not co-authored by HU, LI, or any other members of Hudiandian Technology Co., Ltd., we believe they are connected to the Hudiandian Paper Mill.
A group from Xingtai University (邢台学院) is the primary customer of these paper mill articles. Out of the 12 articles, eight were co-authored by this group from Xingtai University, with ZHAO Zhiju (赵治巨) and YANG Liqin (杨立芹) being the common authors in these eight articles. The 5GH Team also noted that CAI Zhenyu (蔡振禹), the president of Xingtai University, co-authored seven of these eight articles. The team currently has no information on whether CAI authorized the publication of these seven articles, or if his name was added without his permission.
The 5GH Team received a message from Hubei University stating that the master's degree of HU Shengnan has been revoked. Dr. TIAN Na, HU's supervisor at Xiamen University, confirmed this information in her communication with the 5GH Team.
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