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One corresponding author was removed from his post as the dean of the College of Life Sciences, while the other corresponding author was given a warning.<\/p>\n<p>Nankai University stated that it will take the case as a lesson to comprehensively reinforce education on research integrity and build a clean and upright research environment and academic atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sun Yat-sen University, in south China&#8217;s Guangdong Province, has removed two faculty members from their posts as deputy heads of their respective institutions after the images and data in their academic works were found to be problematic. Other relevant individuals also received punishments ranging from demotion to criticism and warning.<\/p>\n<p>Sun Yat-sen University has pledged to strengthen education on research integrity, improve the management mechanism for research data, experimental records, image usage, and paper submission, and refine its regular supervision and verification systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=17811\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing. Two Chinese universities on Saturday reaffirmed their zero-tolerance stance towards academic misconduct after penalising several staff members. In a public notice, Nankai University, in north China&#8217;s Tianjin Municipality, said it has terminated the employment contract of a postdoctoral fellow after irregularities were flagged in a paper the person authored. 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