◇◇新语丝(www.xys.org)(xys.dxiong.com)(xys.3322.org)(xys.xlogit.com)◇◇

请看JPIB(植物学报)刊登的上官周平撤稿信中的猫腻

科学院小虫

　　在“新语丝”网站刊登了几封揭发中科院西北水保所上官周平等学术造假行
为将近两个月后，JPIB（植物学报）终于刊登了下列撤稿信，但我们不难看出下
面几点猫腻：

　　第一，上官周平本人在极力为涉案的领导开脱责任。请问既然没有得到其他
三位作者的认可，为什么要把他们列上？如果属实，这是不是一种学术腐败行为？

　　第二，上官周平为领导开脱也得到了回报，在所谓的单位证明中，领导也为
试图上官摆平：“although he has stated that an un－authored visiting 
student was involved in putting the data together”。这就奇怪了，提供
数据的学生却没能成为作者，“没有得到其认可”的领导，却被列为作者！如果
这些数据不是伪造的，那这种行为是否也是一种学术不端？

　　第三，编辑声明今年四月及得到上官周平本人的撤稿信，却因为“官方调查
还没有完成”，所以不能更早刊登。不知道这样明确的学术造假，而且在这个通
讯方式多样快捷的电子化年代，这种所谓的“官方调查”咋就那么难？以至于造
假者还能够有足够的时间获得科技部的重大项目
（http://www.most.gov.cn/tztg/200611/P020061117312512645794.doc）。

Retraction 
作者：上官周平  
Shangguan ZP, Lei TW, Shao MA, Xue QW (2005). Effects of Phosphorus 
Nutrient on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Sorghum (Sorghum vulgare 
Pers.) Seedling Roots Under Water Deficiency. J Integr Plant Biol 47, 
421-427. 
The first and corresponding author, Zhou-Ping Shangguan, of the above 
article has requested that its publication be retracted from the 
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (JIPB), with the following 
statement: With the fact that the data published in the 
above-mentioned article contained plagiarized materials from the 
article of Shen Y, Wang B, Qu D, Chen R. Effects of phosphorus on root 
hydraulic conductance of corn under water stress. Journal of Northwest 
Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry (JNSTUAF, Natural 
Science Edition). 2002, 30: 11-15, I have to retract the paper from 
JIPB. In addition, I admit that the manuscript was prepared and 
published without the consensus of the other three authors listed, 
therefore, I myself am solely responsible for the plagiarizm and 
falsification. I deeply apologize for the damages to JIPB and the 
authors of the JNSTUAF paper, and for misleading the readers by the 
publication and citation of the data.

Zhou-Ping Shangguan
Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, the Chinese Academy of 
Sciences 
Yangling, Shannxi, 712100, China
Tel: 86-29-87019107
Fax: 86-29-87012210
E-mail: shangguan@ms.iswc.ac.cn
July 16, 2006
 
Editorial
It was brought to our attention that the above-mentioned paper 
co-authored by ZP Shangguan was involved in serious scientific 
misconduct. We communicated several times with the first and 
corresponding author (ZP Shangguan), to allow him to clarify the case 
by himself. We have carefully investigated the case, with help from 
the author’s home institution, the Institute of Soil and Water 
Conservation (ISWC), the Chinese Academy of Sciences. On December 5, 
2006, we received a formal statement from the ISWC, that described the 
results of an official investigation into the case. Based on these 
documents, we would like to make the following statements: 
 
1) It is apparent that the above-mentioned paper contains falsified 
and plagiarized data from the following paper: Shen Y, Wang B, Qu D, 
Chen R (2002). Effects of phosphorus on root hydraulic conductance of 
corn under water stress. Journal of Northwest Sci-Tech University of 
Agriculture and Forestry (Natural Science Edition), 30: 11-15. 
 
2) The first author is fully responsible for the misconduct, although 
he has stated that an un-authored visiting student was involved in 
putting the data together. 
 
3) We acknowledge that a formal request was made by ZP Shangguan on 
April 10, 2006, to the editorial office to retract the paper; however, 
the Journal has not been able to publish the retraction letter earlier 
because the investigation was not formally completed. 

4) ZP Shangguan has been discharged from administrative duties of the 
ISWC. 
 
This serves as a reminder to all involved with the Journal that 
scientific integrity requires original research from each published 
author.
 
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
 
December 11, 2006

(XYS20061227)

◇◇新语丝(www.xys.org)(xys.dxiong.com)(xys.3322.org)(xys.xlogit.com)◇◇