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Science 5 March 1999:
Vol. 283. no. 5407, p. 1427
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5407.1427a

News of the Week

SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT:
Chinese Journals Pledge Crackdown

Justin Wang

BEIJING--Chinese journals and scientific societies have embraced a new code of conduct designed to reduce the incidence of plagiarism, fabrication, and other acts of misconduct. The policies, adopted last month at a national meeting here, are meant to alert editors and authors to a problem that Chinese authorities see as a threat to their rising investment in research.

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