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As the largest and fastest-growing transition economy in the world, China has seen both the growth of entrepreneurship and increasing scholarly endeavors in this area. To gain an in-depth insight into the evolutionary themes of entrepreneurship research in China, the present study applied a combination of co-word and critical event analysis to examine the co-evolution path of entrepreneurial activity and transition process. By investigating 277 articles published in 23 leading international academic journals from 2005 through 2019 along with several contemporaneous critical events, this paper finds that entrepreneurial studies have become more complex and diverse along with the growth of entrepreneurial activities. It implies a positive impact caused by China's market transition on entrepreneurial opportunities which has further given rise to the development of academic inquiry in the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Paper mills" are unethical outsourcing agencies proficient in fabricating fraudulent manuscripts submitted to scholarly journals. In earlier years, the activity of such companies involved plagiarism, but their processes have gained complexity, involving the fabrication of images and fake results. The objective of this study is to examine the main features of retracted paper mills' articles registered in the Retraction Watch database, from inception to the present, analyzing the number of articles per year, their number of citations, and their authorship network. Eligibility criteria for inclusion: retracted articles in any language due to paper mill activity. Retraction letters, notes, and notices, for exclusion. We collected the associated citations and the journals' impact factors of the retracted papers from Web of Science (Clarivate) and performed a data network analysis using VOSviewer software. This scoping review complies with PRISMA 2020 statement and main extensions. After a thorough analysis of the data, we identified 325 retracted articles due to suspected operations published in 31 journals (with a mean impact factor of 3.1). These retractions have produced 3708 citations. Nearly all retracted papers have come from China. Journal's impact factor lower than 7, life sciences journals, cancer, and molecular biology topics were common among retracted studies. The rapid increase of retractions is highly challenging. Paper mills damage scientific research integrity, exacerbating fraud, plagiarism, fake images, and simulated results. Rheumatologists should be fully aware of this growing phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Professor Dr. Qiqun Cheng is a Senior Professor at the East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences. He has a background in microbiology, aquaculture, and genetics, and has conducted research at various institutions in China and Canada. His main research interests include population genetics, molecular ecology, phylogenetics, taxonomy, biodiversity, and conservation of fishes. He has published over 100 scientific articles and serves as a reviewer for numerous academic journals. Qiqun joined the Editorial Board of Environmental Biology of Fishes in 2021. [Extracted from the article]

An introduction is presented in which the author discusses various reports within the issue on the topic of Chinese traditions in foreign relations.

We selected five Chinese university-based journals and five Western university-based journals to examine the extent of contributions by editorial board members and faculty from the universities in which the journals are published over a 6-year period from 2001 to 2006. A disproportionate contribution of faculty papers was from editorial board members in the Chinese university-based journals and faculty in the universities the journals are affiliated to. We speculate that this could be attributed to various reasons, including issues of protectionism, academic accountability, and the social capital of guanxi in the specific context of China. We suggest that editorial review boards of university-based journals in China may need to re-examine professional roles, responsibilities and ethics that may require new thinking on scholarship in higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In June of 2019, the General Offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council jointly issued a document meant to "promote scientist spirit and improve the conduct and ethics of the science community" (The General Offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, PRC [1]). References 1 The General Offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, PRC. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the launch of the Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) by the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) during the Science Communication and Self-innovation Forum in Beijing, China. It notes that the CSCD is based on the ISI Web of knowledge in which users around the world can access over 1,000 journals published in China. It explains that the new database will help increase the visibility of Chinese science journals as well as their citations.