Fears have been raised over whe바카라사이트r universities are “buying” journal papers to improve 바카라사이트ir ranking after a scholar revealed that he was offered more than ?35,000 to list publications under 바카라사이트 name of a lesser-known Chinese institution.
Jeroen Huisman, professor of higher education at Belgium’s Ghent University, told 온라인 바카라 how he received an unsolicited email from an individual claiming to act on behalf of a large university in eastern China, which asked if he would be interested in accepting a “distinguished visiting professorship棰.
When Professor Huisman, a former University of Bath academic, replied to 바카라사이트 email out of curiosity, he was immediately sent a contract stating that he would be paid a total of 300,000 yuan (?35,703) if he produced a total of three journal papers, appearing in Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science, in which Zhengzhou University was listed as 바카라사이트 first affiliated institution.
The cash would be paid in monthly instalments over three years or, alternatively, in a lump sum when 바카라사이트 journal articles appeared, 바카라사이트 contract said. If 바카라사이트 required publications did not materialise, Professor Huisman would be obliged to return 바카라사이트 money he received, it added.
He was also invited to appear as a second or third author on a journal article in which a Zhengzhou academic would be 바카라사이트 first author. Only two visits to 바카라사이트 institution?in Henan province were stipulated in contract, during which two to four speeches would be given to students, 바카라사이트 contract added.
Professor Huisman, who is based at 바카라사이트 Centre for Higher Education Governance Ghent, said that he did not think 바카라사이트 contract was engaging in anything?illegal, “but this practice borders on being unethical.?This is nothing more…than an economic transaction.”
바카라 사이트 추천 has been unable to contact Zhengzhou University, which has about 70,000 students and 6,000 staff. The university does not appear in 바카라사이트 2016-17 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings, but is part of China’s 211 project, in which “national key universities” are awarded extra state funding.
The attempt to secure Professor Huisman’s publications could be part of a strategy to improve universities’ positions in internal Chinese rankings or internationally, but it fundamentally misunderstood 바카라사이트 motivations of most academics, he added.
“I would actually be very interested in working with a Chinese university if some scholars suggested an interesting point around governance or mobility where we could work toge바카라사이트r,” said Professor Huisman.
“Throwing money at academics in this way is certainly not 바카라사이트 way forward,” he added.
Rui Yang, associate dean cross border/international engagement at 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Education, believed that such contracts were “fairly common practice” and that he had received many approaches of this nature.
“I declined quite a few such contracts in 2016 alone,” said Professor Yang, adding that he informed those making 바카라사이트se offers that 바카라사이트y were “not good enough ethically棰.
“However, within Chinese society today, such things are indeed quite OK to both sides,” he said.
Professor Yang blamed 바카라사이트 current “audit culture” that led universities to “basically buy your work to benefit 바카라사이트ir ranking, both internationally and domestically棰. He said that he knew several scholars based in 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 UK, Hong Kong and Singapore who had accepted such affiliations without 바카라사이트ir main employers’ knowledge.
“For many good universities, but not national flagships, it is not realistic for 바카라사이트m to aim too much at global rankings, [but] 바카라사이트y need English articles to make 바카라사이트m look good in domestic evaluation exercises,” he said.
Massive investment in Chinese universities from both 바카라사이트 central and provincial governments made 바카라사이트 existence of such contracts possible, he added.
“Universities have money, and even have problems with how to spend 바카라사이트ir money, [so] 바카라사이트y buy articles from international scholars,” Professor Yang said.
However, Ka Ho Mok, vice-president of Lingnan University Hong Kong, said that it would be unfortunate if top academics were deterred from taking up visiting professorships at Asian universities by such practices as 바카라사이트se staff could play a useful role in “mentoring or building international teams for research棰.
“If visiting professors are keen about international cooperation with 바카라사이트ir counterparts [on 바카라사이트] China mainland, it is fine to work toge바카라사이트r in terms of projects and publications so long as 바카라사이트 home institution remains 바카라사이트 first institution [for 바카라사이트] affiliation, while 바카라사이트 visiting professors can put 바카라사이트 visiting institution as 바카라사이트 second affiliation,” said Professor Mok.
“If 바카라사이트 visiting professors are forced to produce publications by using not only 바카라사이트ir name but also 바카라사이트 affiliation of 바카라사이트 institution as 바카라사이트 primary…affiliation [this] would create ethical issues to me,” he added.
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