Irregularities have been documented in dozens of research papers by Xuetao Cao, a high-profile Chinese scientist and champion of research integrity.
Xuetao Cao, a biomedical engineer, is the president of Nankai University in Tianjin and a former president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. On Nov 13, Elisabeth Bik, a microbiologist who dedicates her time to investigating irregularities in scientific papers, reported possible image duplications in three papers from Cao’s laboratory on the scientific social media site PubPeer. Coincidentally, on that same day, Cao gave a speech in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, livestreamed at universities across the country, on the topic of research integrity. Read more in The Lancet.