The China Post
Date: November 19, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A scholar at Taiwan’s top academic body on Friday said that a raft of “problematic” academic articles by a National Taiwan University (NTU) professor’s research team should be treated as a serious issue.

Chen Pei-jer, an Academia Sinica scholar and professor of clinical medicine, was speaking in response to PubPeer’s recent announcement that as many as 11 papers authored by NTU professor Kuo Min-liang’s research team were “problematic.”

Kuo is a professor at NTU and vice president of Kaohsiung Medical University.

Local media reported yesterday that four of the “problematic papers” had been co-authored by NTU President Yang Pan-chyr.

PubPeer is a website that allows users to discuss and review scientific research and allows academics to engage in post-publication peer review.

It had previously highlighted shortcomings in several high-profile papers, in some cases giving rise to public accusations of academic fraud.    [FULL  STORY]