Inflated Research Output: The Reality Behind China’s Academic Metrics

Inflated Research Output: The Reality Behind China’s Academic Metrics
A researcher works in a Chinese biopharma lab in Shenyang, in China's northeast Liaoning Province, in a file photo. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
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Claims that China is leading in research output are misleading, as state-owned universities are inflating statistics through the use of fabricated, plagiarized research and coerced citations.

Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo
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Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.