Abnormal Publication Patterns by WANG Entong, Lyuliang University

WANG Entong (王恩通) with Lyuliang University (吕梁学院) has published 4 article until recently, 2 of them have fishy authorship. The article [1] was coauthored by 8 authors from 10 universities in 7 nations, ranging from China, Malaysia, to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and others. The article [2] was coauthored by 4 authors from 3 universities in 3 nations, including China, Republic of Korea, and Iran. The authorship for the article [3] is also questionable, it was coauthored by 3 authors from 3 universities in two 2 nations, China and Pakistan. It is interesting to note that, authors outside China in above-mentioned articles have no common name, suggesting the collaborations were hardly real.

Reference

[1] 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2025.108618

[2] 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.04.032

[3] 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.07.318

Author: WU Guangheng

Founder and Chair of the 5GH Foundation

E-Mail: wu@5gh.org.cn

Document ID: 5GH-WuGH-2025.000075

Publication Date: 2025.07.06

This article is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License

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