2009年似以乎对中国学术界开了个不大不小的“玩笑”:年初,浙江大学某年轻博士后的学术造假行为被国际期刊曝光;年末,井冈山大学两名年轻教师在国际知名学术杂志上的造假行为再次为国际学术界所关注。说这个“玩笑”不大,是因为类似的学术不端行为其实早已为国人所熟知,甚至习以为常。说它不小,是因为这两次造假事件都产生了较为恶劣的国际影响——国际顶尖期刊《自然》和《柳叶刀》专门就中国的学术不端问题发表了警示性社论,而这两本期刊之前从未针对某个国家的学术状况发表过批评之辞。 2009 seems to have played an important part in Chinese academia. “Joke”: At the beginning of this year, a young postdoctoral fellow at Zhejiang University was exposed by international journals. At the end of the year, two young teachers from Jinggangshan University Fake behavior in academic journals is once again of concern to international academics. This “joke” is not that big, because similar academic misconduct has long been known to the public and even used to it. To say that it is not small is because these two counterfeiting events all had rather bad international influences. The top international journals, Nature and The Lancet, published a warning editorial on China's academic misconduct. Two journals have never previously criticized the academic status of a country.