Moon Hyung-In is a professor at Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea. He is a member of the Department of Medicinal Biotechnology, and he earned his PhD in the Department of Pharmacy at Sungkyunkwan University in 2001.
Moon was discovered in 2012 to have published a number of articles in academic journals by writing the peer review reports for them himself. He submitted manuscripts to journals that allowed authors to suggest their own reviewers: he used false names and email addresses that he controlled, and he then submitted his own (glowing) reviews. The articles were subsequently retracted when the nature of his submissions was discovered; he reportedly acknowledged falsifying data in his papers.[1][2]
List of retracted articles
edit- Pharmaceutical Biology[3]
- Pharmaceutical Biology 2011 49:2, 190–193
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry[4]
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry [epub ahead of print], 2012, doi: 10.3109/14756366.2011.641014
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry [epub ahead of print], 2012, doi: 10.3109/14756366.2011.615746
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 2010 25:5, 608-614
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 2010 25:3, 391-393
- International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition[5]
- Retracted Paper: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2012; 63(5): 537–547, doi: 10.3109/09637486.2011.607801
- Retracted Paper: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2011; 62(2): 102–105, doi: 10.3109/09637486.2010.513682
- Retracted Paper: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2011; 62(3): 215–218, doi: 10.3109/09637486.2010.503187
- The Journal of Ethnopharmacology[6]
- Retracted Paper: Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2005; 97(3): 21: Pages 567–571, doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.01.006
- FEBS Letters[7]
- Retracted Paper: FEBS Letters 2006; 580(3): 769–774, doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.12.094
- Phytotherapy Research 2006; 20(8): 714-716, doi 10.1002/ptr.1941
- Phytotherapy Research 2005; 19(3): 239–242, doi 10.1002/ptr.1682
Additional list of 20 more retracted papers
editThe list of these papers has been reported on Retraction Watch.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Josh Fischman, "Fake Peer Reviews, the Latest Form of Scientific Fraud, Fool Journals", Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 September 2012
- ^ David Wagner, "Researcher, Peer Review Thyself", Atlantic Monthly, 24 August 2012
- ^ Retraction Notice: Pharmaceutical Biology
- ^ Retraction Notice: Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry [1]
- ^ Retraction Notice: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition [2]
- ^ Moon, Hyung-In; Seo, Dong Wan; Kim, Kyu-Han; Cho, Kwang-Hyun; Eun, Hee-Chul; Chung, Jin Ho (21 March 2005). "RETRACTED: Erythrodiol-3-acetate, pentacyclic triterpenoid from Styrax japonica, expressions of matrix metalloproteinase-1,2 in cultured human skin fibroblasts". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 97 (3): 567–571. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.01.006. PMID 15740897. (Retracted, see doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.11.009, PMID 18496897, Retraction Watch)
- ^ Moon, Hyung-In; Chung, Jin Ho (6 February 2006). "RETRACTED: The effect of 2′,4′,7-trihydroxyisoflavone on ultraviolet-induced matrix metalloproteinases-1 expression in human skin fibroblasts". FEBS Letters. 580 (3): 769–774. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2005.12.094. PMID 16413539. (Retracted, see doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2006.04.071, PMID 16773740, Retraction Watch)
- ^ Retraction Notice #1 : Phytotherapy Research
- ^ "Retracted: Matrix metalloproteinase-1 expression inhibitory compound from the whole plants of Viola ibukiana Makino. (Phytother Res 2005; 19(3): 239–242)". Phytotherapy Research. 21 (6): 600. 2007. doi:10.1002/ptr.2150. PMID 17506073. S2CID 45473982.
- ^ Article on Retraction Watch.