There's a lot of talk about fake news. But what about fake, even fraudulent, science?

China's president wants to turn the country into a scientific superpower, but mass retractions by scientific journals of papers penned by Chinese scientists has exposed a major problem for China and for science globally.

It's home to a thriving black market for fake papers, fake peer reviews, and beyond.

But is China alone?

GUESTS

Ivan Oransky

Medical journalist

Co-founder of Retraction Watch

Distinguished Writer in Residence and Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York University

Professor Cong Cao

Professor in Innovation Studies

School of Contemporary Chinese Studies

The University of Nottingham Ningbo China

David Cyranoski

Asia Pacific correspondent

Nature Magazine

MORE INFO

China introduces sweeping reforms to crack down on academic misconduct. Nature News, 8 June 2018.

A new record: Major publisher retracting more than 100 studies from cancer journal over fake peer reviews. Retraction Watch, April 2017.

Retraction Note to multiple articles in Tumor Biology. Springer, April 2017.

China's Scientific Elite
Cong Cao
RoutledgeCurzon, 2004

China's Emerging Technological Edge: Assessing the Role of High-End Talent
Cong Cao and Denis Fred Simon
Cambridge University Press, 2009

Science Friction Live at the Melbourne Museum (September to December 2018). Come along to series of hot button discussions! Free but you need to book.

China in Focus on Radio National