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Cell Press investigates Cancer Cell editor over bribery allegations

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Cell Press is investigating its editor-in-chief of Cancer Cell, Steve Mao, following allegations of soliciting bribes from Chinese authors. The probe was initiated after prominent biologist Rao Yi publicly accused Mao of the misconduct on social media. Rao Yi, a professor at Peking University, urged Chinese scientists to boycott such editors. AI

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Cell Press investigates Cancer Cell editor over bribery allegations

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Dannie Peng ·

    Cell publisher investigates editor accused of soliciting bribes from China

    Cell Press, one of the world’s leading scientific publishers, has launched an investigation after prominent Chinese biologist Rao Yi accused the editor-in-chief of a top medical journal of soliciting bribes from mainland authors. “Several important international academic journals…

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