Japanese scientific misconduct allegations

In 2010s, a series of separate allegations of scientific misconducts were raised involving several scientific papers from various Japanese universities.[1][2][3]

Shigeaki Kato edit

In February 1996, Shigeaki Kato, who had studied in the laboratory of Pierre Chambon, established his laboratory at the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology of the University of Tokyo. Kato was one of the most well-funded researchers in Japan and published many papers in prominent journals. From 2007, Kato and one former member of his laboratory taught research ethics at the annual meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan [ja].[4][5]

In mid-2011, the Kato lab withdrew papers published in The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2004 and 2007 due to duplicate publications.[6]

On October 26, 2011, an extensive correction of the Kato laboratory's paper was publicly announced in Nature.[7] The first author of this Nature paper is the former member who taught research ethics at the annual meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan [ja]. This correction raised suspicions among some researchers[8] and led to their discovery that 24 of the papers published by Kato's laboratory so far contained a large number of unnatural, highly similar images and traces of modification, as shown in the anonymous 2channel threads,[9] "捏造、不正論文総合スレ 4" and "捏造、不正論文総合スレ 5." 11jigen, a famous anonymous man who had accused hundreds of papers of research misconduct, then created blogs (Japanese[10] and English[11]) and a YouTube video[1] summarizing the points made, and in early January 2012, he sent a letter of accusation to the University of Tokyo. Another letter of accusation was sent by a journal at about the same time.[12]

On March 30, 2012, a Cell paper from Kato's laboratory was retracted.[13] The retraction announcement stated that the first author refused to sign his consent to the retraction.

At the end of March 2012, Kato voluntarily resigned from the University of Tokyo.[14]

On December 11, 2012, three directors of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan [ja], Mitsuhiro Yanagida, Fumio Hanaoka, and Keiichi Nakayama apologized for putting Kato in charge of research ethics.[15]

On July 25, 2013, a scoop article by Shigeko Segawa on the progress of the investigation was published on the top of the front page of The Asahi Shimbun newspaper.[16] This brought the seriousness of the case to the attention of the Japanese people.

On December 26, 2013, the University of Tokyo presented an interim report on the investigation of Kato's laboratory.[17]

On August 1, 2014, the first round of the investigation of Kato's laboratory was reported,[18] which identified five papers as fraudulent and indicated that Kato ordered the falsification of experimental notes in order to avoid the retraction of the papers.

On December 26, 2014, the University of Tokyo released the final report of its investigation.[19] The University of Tokyo found fraud in 33 of the 165 published papers out of the total of 165 papers they had investigated. The President of the University of Tokyo disciplined himself.

Yuji Kohara, a former president of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan [ja], noted in the April 6, 2015 issue of AERA, "Even after reading the investigation report, we cannot determine the cause and process of why there was fraud, and we cannot take real steps to prevent recurrence."[20] On the other hand, Junichi Hamada, President of the University of Tokyo, said, "We interviewed as many as 100 people involved and conducted a careful investigation. It is unavoidable that it took time. To avoid libel in the event of a trial, we cannot speculate on matters for which we have no evidence."[20]

2014–2015 anonymous accusations ("Anonymous A") edit

From the end of 2014 to the beginning of 2015, an anonymous accuser (who called him/herself "Anonymous A") posted comments on an Internet bulletin board[21] created by Shigeru Kondo [ja]. This board had been created for the discussion of research ethics at the 2013 annual meeting of Molecular Biology Society of Japan [ja].[22] The Anonymous A's comments revealed that 84 medical papers published in international journals such as Nature from Japanese research institutions between 1996 and 2008 contained image data suspected of being fabricated. The accusation was immediately spread through Japanese web sites,[23] and Japanese major newspapers and NHK began reporting from January 9, 2015.[2][24] The MEXT, Hirofumi Shimomura, revealed at a post-cabinet press conference on January 13, 2015 that a written anonymous accusation was also sent to them on January 6.[25]

Osaka University, where the largest number of papers, at 28, were identified, conducted a preliminary investigation of all suspected papers, except for one paper authored of a full professor who was formerly accused[26] and fired. The investigation denied suspicion in one paper, determined that seven papers were inadvertently misused, and terminated the investigation for the remaining 19 papers due to a lack of convincing data.[27] The University of Tokyo published a document stating its conclusion only that it had determined that there was no research misconduct.[28] Kyushu University's internal investigation found no admission of wrongdoing.[29]

On May 19, 2015, a question regarding the anonymous accuser's findings was asked by Junya Ogawa, at the Japanese House of Representatives. In answering the question, MEXT Parliamentary Secretary Tomohiro Yamamoto stated that "64 papers, 17 institutions, 33 researchers" were reported not to be fraudulent and "23 papers, 10 institutions, 16 researchers" were still under investigation.[30] In October 2016, Mitsuru Sakurai submitted a question to the Chair of the Japanese House of Councillors, pointing out that the investigation of the University of Tokyo into research misconduct was inadequate.[31] He also uncovered information that the person in charge of the investigation at the University of Tokyo was a researcher who was close to the accused.

One JBC paper published by Kanazawa University was retracted on September 4, 2015.[32] As of August 2017, fourteen papers in the journals, such as Nature,[33] have been corrected.

The same anonymous accuser also appears to have made allegations about other research papers in Japan.[34][35] As of December 7, 2023, a total of 115 papers have been pointed out, and the corresponding authors of the pointed out papers include three Japanese Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine, one of whom was obliged to make an apologetic press conference.[36] As of December 7, 2023, five papers from major journals that were not mentioned in the 2014-2015 accusations have been corrected after being pointed out.[37]

Ordinary_researchers edit

Ordinary_researchers refers to an anonymous individual or group that accused research misconduct involving 22 medical and life sciences papers from the University of Tokyo in August 2016.[3][38]

In the original complaint, dated August 14, 2016,[39][40][41] they accused eleven papers from four laboratories of medical professors at the University of Tokyo. The accusation letter is less than 70 pages and specifically pointed out unnatural aspects in images and graphs of papers published in the world's most prestigious journals, including Nature, Cell, and The New England Journal of Medicine, between 2003 and 2015. It states, "In view of the regularity, frequency, fairness, and seriousness of the paper's impact, it should no longer be overlooked."

A second complaint filed on August 29, 2016[42] accused additional eleven papers from two laboratories, one of which is of a professor of medicine and the other is of a professor of the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Tokyo. The accusation letter, less than 40 pages long, specifically pointed out unnatural aspects in images and graphs in papers published in the world's top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, between 2005 and 2016.[3]

The accusations were repeatedly reported by mass media around the world, including Japan, and the full text of the accusations became public within a month by Science Magazine.[3]

On August 1, 2017, the University of Tokyo announced that it had found misconduct in a total of five papers from the laboratory of the professor at the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology and no misconduct in all papers from laboratories of the five professors in the Faculty of Medicine.[43][44] The Nature paper, which allegedly identified the adiponectin receptors AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 by expression cloning using FACS,[45] was not investigated, citing the fact that a correction notice was issued 13 years ago.[46]

At the press conference, in response to the survey of the Faculty of Medicine that found no irregularities in any of the data, Ms. Masako Takuma said, "If it was a mistake and the data was duplicated, I would still understand. However, it is not possible to add up the data and divide by two without going to the trouble of doing so."[47]

Following the University of Tokyo's announcement, Ordinary_researchers responded to NHK and Science Magazine. As for the investigation into the medical school, Ordinary_researchers pointed out that "there is little concrete information published about what kind of verification was conducted, which makes it impossible for third parties in the scientific community to verify the doubts."[43] Asako Sugimoto, president of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan [ja], said of some of the papers which were not found to be fraudulent, "We believe that they damage the reliability of the researchers."[48]

List of the alleged papers edit

Case No. Journal name Publication year DOI Date of original accusation Location of original accusation 11jigen activities Journal activities Institute's Decision* References
Kato's lab 01 Genes Dev 2010 10.1101/gad.1857410 2011-12-27 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[49] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Corrigendum Not be ruled out as fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 02 JBC 2009 10.1074/jbc.M109.009738 2011-12-25 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[50] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [1]
Kato's lab 03 Nature 2009 10.1038/nature08456 Unknown Unknown Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 04 MCB 2009 10.1128/MCB.00884-08 2012-01-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[51] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 05 PNAS 2009 10.1073/pnas.0809819106 2012-01-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[52] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Corrigendum Not be ruled out as fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 06 Genes Cells 2007 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2007.01131.x 2011-12-23 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[53] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 07 Nat Cell Biol 2007 10.1038/ncb1647 2011-12-24 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[54] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 08 MCB 2007 10.1128/MCB.02039-06 2012-01-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[55] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Corrigendum Not be ruled out as fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 09 MCB 2007 10.1128/MCB.00409-07 2012-01-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[56] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 10 JBC 2006 10.1074/jbc.M510157200 2012-01-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[57] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [1]
Kato's lab 11 MCB 2007 10.1128/MCB.00813-07 2011-12-31 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[58] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [1]
Kato's lab 12 J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005 10.1124/jpet.105.087643 2012-01-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[59] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 13 J Pharmacol Sci 2005 10.1254/jphs.fmj04008x5 2012-01-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[60] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Not be ruled out as fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 14 Genes Cells 2004 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2004.00777.x 2012-01-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[61] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Not be ruled out as fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 15 EMBO J 2004 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600157 2012-01-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[62] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [1]
Kato's lab 16 Cell 2003 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00436-7 2011-12-24 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[63] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 17 Nature 2003 10.1038/nature01606 2011-12-25 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[64] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Not be ruled out as fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 18 Nat Cell Biol 2003 10.1038/ncb942 2011-12-24 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[65] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 19 MCB 2002 10.1128/MCB.22.11.3698-3706.2002 2011-12-23 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[66] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [1]
Kato's lab 20 NAR 2002 10.1093/nar/30.6.1387 2011-12-26 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[67] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Not be ruled out as fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 21 Neuron 2002 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)00875-9 2011-12-28 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 5)[68] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Not be ruled out as fraud. [1]
Kato's lab 22 EMBO J 2001 10.1093/emboj/20.6.1341 2011-12-25 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレ 4)[69] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [1]
Kato's lab 23 JBC 1999 10.1074/jbc.274.19.12971 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 24 BBRC 1996 10.1006/bbrc.1996.0755 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 25 BBRC 2004 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.157 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 26 MCB 2009 10.1128/MCB.02123-07 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Corrigendum Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 27 EMBO J 2005 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600853 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 28 Mol Cell Endocrinol 2007 10.1016/j.mce.2006.12.014 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 29 Genes Cells 2008 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2008.01244.x 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 30 Mol Cell 2002 10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00478-1 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 31 Endocrinology 1999 10.1210/endo.140.5.6691 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 32 JBC 2001 10.1074/jbc.M107844200 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 33 BBRC 2002 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00564-8 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None None Fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 34 PNAS 2004 10.1073/pnas.0305303101 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 35 Oncogene 2004 10.1038/sj.onc.1207786 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 36 Genes Cells 2005 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2005.00904.x 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 37 EMBO J 2007 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601548 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 38 Nature 2007 10.1038/nature05683 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 39 Arch Biochem Biophys 2007 10.1016/j.abb.2006.07.015 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 40 EMBO Rep 2008 10.1038/embor.2008.55 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 41 Nature 2009 10.1038/nature07954 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 42 PNAS 2009 10.1073/pnas.0901184106 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 43 JBC 2010 10.1074/jbc.M109.077024 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 44 PNAS 2010 10.1073/pnas.1010307107 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 45 Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 2011 10.1101/sqb.2011.76.010736 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 46 Mol Cell 2009 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.08.017 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 47 MCB 1999 10.1128/MCB.19.8.5363 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 48 JBC 2000 10.1074/jbc.C000517200 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 49 PNAS 2006 10.1073/pnas.0506736102 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
Kato's lab 50 Nat Cell Biol 2007 10.1038/ncb1577 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None Retracted Fraud. The criminal is unknown. [17]
Kato's lab 51 BBRC 2010 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.02.167 2013-12-26 Interim report of University of Tokyo[70] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [17]
"Anonymous A" #001 Nature 1998 10.1038/34214 2014-12-30 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #002 JBC 2000 10.1074/jbc.275.11.8091 2014-12-30 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #003 Arch Biochem Biophys 2001 10.1006/abbi.2000.2266 2014-12-30 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #004 Diabetes 2002 10.2337/diabetes.51.10.2915 2014-12-30 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #005 Nat Med 2002 10.1038/nm724 2014-12-30 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #006 JBC 2003 10.1074/jbc.M213202200 2014-12-30 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #007 MBC 1996 10.1128/MCB.16.6.3074 2014-12-31 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #008 JBC 2003 10.1074/jbc.M103241200 2014-12-31 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #009 J Clin Invest 2001 10.1172/JCI12864 2014-12-31 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #010 Nat Genet 2002 10.1038/ng829 2014-12-31 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #011 BBRC 2004 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.08.083 2014-12-31 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #012 JBC 2001 10.1074/jbc.M101781200 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #013 Exp Cell Res 2002 10.1006/excr.2001.5394 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #014 Oncogene 2002 10.1038/sj.onc.1205114 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #015 BBRC 2002 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00216-4 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #016 J Virol 1999 10.1128/JVI.73.11.9237-9246.1999 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #017 J Virol 2000 10.1128/jvi.74.12.5619-5628.2000 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #018 J Virol 2001 10.1128/JVI.75.8.3802-3810.2001 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #019 J Virol 2002 10.1128/jvi.76.14.7114-7124.2002 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #020 J Virol 2004 10.1128/JVI.78.14.7443-7454.2004 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #021 J Virol 2007 10.1128/JVI.02590-06 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #022 BBRC 2002 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)00855-0 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #023 BBRC 2001 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6003 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #024 Circ Res 2004 10.1161/01.RES.0000129701.14494.52 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #025 JBC 2002 10.1074/jbc.M108138200 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #026 JBC 1999 10.1074/jbc.274.17.11995 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #027 JBC 2000 10.1074/jbc.C000212200 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #028 JBC 2002 10.1074/jbc.M209356200 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #029 JBC 2001 10.1074/jbc.M008744200 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #030 JBC 1999 10.1074/jbc.274.53.38251 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #031 Nucleic Acids Res 2000 10.1093/nar/28.6.1355 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #032 DNA Repair 2007 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.01.003 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #033 JBC 2000 10.1074/jbc.M001144200 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #034 JBC 2002 10.1074/jbc.C100762200 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #035 EMBO J 2002 10.1093/emboj/cdf642 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #036 JBC 2003 10.1074/jbc.M212856200 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #037 JBC 2003 10.1074/jbc.M302868200 2015-01-01 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #038 J Virol 1999 10.1128/JVI.73.10.7981-7987.1999 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #039 JBC 2002 10.1074/jbc.M106880200 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Retracted Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #040 JBC 2004 10.1074/jbc.M401067200 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #041 Diabetes 2003 10.2337/diabetes.52.11.2657 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #042 JBC 1999 10.1074/jbc.274.45.32309 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Completely innocent. [2]
"Anonymous A" #043 JBC 2000 10.1074/jbc.M909999199 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #044 JBC 2000 10.1074/jbc.275.6.4369 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #045 Hepatology 2000 10.1053/jhep.2000.18715 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #046 J Hepatol 2004 10.1016/j.jhep.2003.12.018 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #047 Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2005 10.1152/ajpendo.00118.2004 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #048 BBRC 2001 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4764 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #049 J Virol 2002 10.1128/jvi.76.24.12683-12690.2002 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #050 JBC 2003 10.1074/jbc.M305701200 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #051 J Med Virol 2006 10.1002/jmv.20556 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #052 Cancer Lett 1999 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00109-3 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #053 Leukemia 2000 10.1038/sj.leu.2401828 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #054 BBRC 2004 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.080 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #055 Cancer Lett 2008 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.11.017 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #056 Cancer Res 2006 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0377 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #057 BBRC 2005 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.01.086 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Completely innocent. [2]
"Anonymous A" #058 BBRC 2000 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3200 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #059 BBRC 2001 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4844 2015-01-02 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #060 Nat Cell Biol 1999 10.1038/70265 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #061 JBC 2001 10.1074/jbc.M006886200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #062 JBC 2001 10.1074/jbc.M104096200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #063 JBC 2002 10.1074/jbc.M110795200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #064 Circulation 2002 10.1161/01.cir.0000018622.84402.ff 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #065 JBC 2002 10.1074/jbc.M111501200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #066 JBC 2005 10.1074/jbc.M406788200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #067 JBC 2005 10.1074/jbc.M413461200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #068 JBC 2001 10.1074/jbc.M006153200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #069 JBC 2001 10.1074/jbc.M103853200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #070 JBC 2001 10.1074/jbc.M005036200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #071 JBC 2002 10.1074/jbc.M204042200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #072 Endocrinology 2004 10.1210/en.2003-0792 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #073 Clin Cancer Res 2004 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-04-0958 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #074 Endocrinology 2004 10.1210/en.2003-0709 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #075 JBC 2004 10.1074/jbc.M313709200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #076 JBC 2000 10.1074/jbc.M003491200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #077 PNAS 2000 10.1073/pnas.240303097 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #078 JBC 1999 10.1074/jbc.274.13.8531 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #079 FASEB J 2001 10.1096/fj.00-0495fje 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #080 Nat Med 2001 10.1038/85463 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #081 JBC 2003 10.1074/jbc.M207880200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter Corrigendum Officially unknown. [2]
"Anonymous A" #082 JBC 2001 10.1074/jbc.M103848200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #083 JBC 2005 10.1074/jbc.M409969200 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #084 Cancer Res 2007 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-2756 2015-01-03 Kondo's board (捏造問題にもっと怒りを)[21] Mentioned on Twitter None Not be ruled out as fraud. [2]
"Anonymous A" #085 Nature 2008 10.1038/nature07027 2013-03-05 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ1)[71] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Corrigendum Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #086 JBC 2004 10.1074/jbc.M310822200 2013-03-07 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ1)[72] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Corrigendum Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #087 Nat Med 2009 10.1038/nm.2014 2013-03-08 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ1)[73] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Corrigendum Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #088 Nat Cell Biol 2004 10.1038/ncb1137 2013-03-08

2013-03-11

2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ1)[74][75] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #089 BBRC 2004 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.119 2013-03-21 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ1)[76] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #090 JBC 1999 10.1074/jbc.274.12.8231 2013-03-22 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ1)[77] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #091 BBRC 2000 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2561 2013-03-22 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ1)[77] None None Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #092 Circulation 1999 10.1161/01.cir.100.20.2100 2013-03-27 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[78] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #093 Circulation 2003 10.1161/01.CIR.0000101923.54751.77 2013-03-27 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[79] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #094 Circulation 1998 10.1161/01.cir.97.19.1952 2013-03-28 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[80] None None Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #095 Circ Res 1999 10.1161/01.res.84.4.458 2013-03-28 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[80] None None Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #096 EMBO J 2000 doi.org/10.1093/emboj/19.20.5533 2013-03-30

2013-04-06

2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[81][82] Created a summary blog. None Not be ruled out as fraud. [36]
"Anonymous A" #097 Hypertension 1998 10.1161/01.hyp.31.1.50 2013-04-16 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[83] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Fraud. [84]
"Anonymous A" #098 Circ Res 1998 10.1161/01.res.83.7.752 2013-04-16 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[85] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Fraud. [84]
"Anonymous A" #099 J Am Soc Nephrol 2003 10.1097/01.asn.0000050415.97942.2f 2013-04-16 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[85] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Fraud. [84]
"Anonymous A" #100 Hypertens Res 2005 10.1291/hypres.28.447 2013-05-07 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ3)[86] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. Corrigendum Fraud. [84]
"Anonymous A" #101 J Pharmacol Sci 2005 10.1254/jphs.fp0050160 2013-05-07 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ3)[86] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Fraud. [84]
"Anonymous A" #102 Circulation 2003 10.1161/01.cir.0000055331.41937.aa 2013-08-20 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ6)[87] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #103 Hypertension 2006 10.1161/01.HYP.0000240266.26185.57 2013-08-20 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ6)[87] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #104 Mol Pharmacol 2005 10.1124/mol.104.008144 2013-08-21 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ6)[88] Mentioned on Twitter None Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #105 Arterioscler Thromb Vasc 2012 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.249516 2013-08-21 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ6)[89] None Corrigendum Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #106 Nature 1998 10.1038/27945 2014-01-23 Molecular Biology Society of Japan's board[90] None None Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #107 Circulation 2006 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.626606 2013-03-27 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[91] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #108 Circulation 2002 10.1161/01.cir.0000027823.07104.86 2013-03-27 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[92] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #109 Circulation 2002 10.1161/hc1002.105225 2013-03-20 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ1)[93] Created a summary blog. Filed an accusation. None Unknown. [35]
"Anonymous A" #110 Arthritis Rheum 2000 10.1002/1529-0131(200002)43:2<259::AID-ANR4>3.0.CO;2-W 2013-03-31 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[94] None None Unknown. [95]
"Anonymous A" #111 J Clin Invest 1999 10.1172/JCI6093 2013-04-01 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ2)[96] None None Unknown. [95]
"Anonymous A" #112 JBC 2006 10.1074/jbc.M601645200 2018-10-26 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ47)[97] None Retracted Already retracted.
"Anonymous A" #113 PNAS 2002 10.1073/pnas.232562799 2019-04-24 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ49)[98] None None Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #114 Front Microbiol 2020 10.3389/fmicb.2020.628281 2021-08-23 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ62)[99] None None Unknown.
"Anonymous A" #115 BBRC 2004 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.104 2023-12-07 2channel (捏造、不正論文 総合スレネオ66)[99] None None Unknown.
"Ordinary_researchers" ##01 Nature 2003 10.1038/nature01705 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##02 Nat Med 2007 10.1038/nm1557 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##03 Diabetologia 2008 10.1007/s00125-008-0944-9 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##04 Nature 2010 10.1038/nature08991 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##05 Cell Metab 2011 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.02.010 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##06 Diabetologia 2012 10.1007/s00125-012-2711-1 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##07 Nature 2013 10.1038/nature12656 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##08 Nat Med 2011 10.1038/nm.2337 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##09 N Engl J Med 2013 10.1056/NEJMoa1212115 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##10 Nat Med 2014 10.1038/nm.3432 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##11 Cell 2015 10.1016/j.cell.2015.10.013 2016-08-14 letter to University of Tokyo[39][41] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##12 Nat Commun 2016 10.1038/ncomms11635 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##13 Int Heart J 2016 10.1536/ihj.15-332 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##14 Sci Rep 2015 10.1038/srep14453 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##15 Sci Rep 2016 10.1038/srep25009 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##16 Cell 2005 10.1016/j.cell.2005.09.013 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##17 Nature 2008 10.1038/nature07217 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None Corrigendum Fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##18 Science 2010 10.1126/science.1194498 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None Corrigendum Fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##19 Nat Cell Biol 2010 10.1038/ncb2052 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None None Not be ruled out as fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##20 Nature 2011 10.1038/nature10179 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None Corrigendum Fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##21 EMBO Rep 2011 10.1038/embor.2011.188 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None Corrigendum Fraud. [3]
"Ordinary_researchers" ##22 Science 2015 10.1126/science.aaa2655 2016-08-29 letter to University of Tokyo[42] None Retracted Fraud. [3]

*"Officially unknown" means that it was reported in the mass media that it could not be ruled out as fraudulent, but the institute has not made an official announcement. "Completely innocent" means that the experimental notebooks was opened to the public and logical explanation was provided.

See also edit

Other Japanese major scientific misconducts edit

References edit

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