01争议论文之一2019年11月，临沂市人民医院&日照市人民医院在Am J Pathol期刊上在线发表题为"Long Noncoding RNA LINC01133 Confers Tumor-Suppressive Functions in Ovarian Cancer by Regulating Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 as an miR-205 Sponge"（长非编码 RNA LINC01133 通过调控作为 miR-205 海绵的亮氨酸富重复激酶 2 在卵巢癌中发挥抑癌功能）的论文。作者之一是日照市人民医院 Cuiping Shen 。然而该论文却被质疑存在图片重复，涉嫌买卖论文。
质疑信息
#1Mycosphaerella arachidis于2023年12月发表评论：Figure 2D and Figure 8D: Unexpected similarity between different experimental conditions.
#2 Mycosphaerella arachidis于2023年12月发表评论：In addition to the above concern, this paper shares images with three other papers. See my diagram below, with coloured rectangles highlighting areas of similarity.
Relevant papers:
10.18632/aging.103145IF: 5.2 Q2
10.1007/s13402-019-00490-8IF: 6.6 Q1
10.1007/s10620-019-05801-5IF: 3.1 Q3
10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.07.020IF: 6.0 Q1 IF: 6.0 Q1
#3Hoya camphorifolia于2023年12月发表评论：Who had "strings-of-sausages Western Blots" in their Bingo card?
#4Hoya camphorifolia于2023年12月发表评论：
[above] Fig 8B.
[below] Fig 6b from "GREM2 maintains stem cell-like phenotypes in gastric cancer cells by regulating the JNK signaling pathway" (Ran et al 2019) [retracted].
02争议论文之二
2020年12月，日照市人民医院Deying Ma等在Aging-US(IF 5.955/3区)期刊上在线发表题为“Exosome-mediated Hic-5 regulates proliferation and apoptosis of osteosarcoma via Wnt/β-catenin signal pathway”(外泌体介导的Hic-5通过Wnt/β-catenin信号通路调控骨肉瘤的增殖和凋亡)的论文。
04争议论文之四2020年6月12日，日照市人民医院骨外科在Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine(中科院四区 IF=2.4)期刊上在线发表题为"miR‑17‑5p and miR‑19b‑3p prevent osteoarthritis progression by targeting EZH2"(miR-17-5p 和 miR-19b-3p 通过靶向 EZH2 预防骨关节炎进展)论文。 第一作者：日照市人民医院Yong Li通讯作者：日照市人民医院Xiliang Guan
质疑信息
* 这些流式细胞仪散点图与现在已经退市的论文工厂产品的风格十分相似。Fig 2C,D; Fig 4C,D; Figs 5B,7B. These flow-cytometry scatterplots bear a family resemblance to a style seen in now-retracted papermill products.
Fig 2(c,d) from "LncRNA SNHG12 regulates the radiosensitivity of cervical cancer through the miR-148a/CDK1 pathway" (Wang et al 2020).
Figure 2 E/F from "LncRNA XIST promotes the progression of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma via sponging miR-125b-5p to modulate TRIB2" (Liu et al 2020).
Fig 2C of Gong & Zhu (2020).
* 这些论文中的 Western 印迹看起来非常相似，在整篇文章中都有相同的、有规律距离的、形状不明显的条带。它们看起来并不真实。 Fig 2E,F; Fig 4E,F; Figs 5C and 7C. For comparison, WBs from "Long non-coding RNA NEAT1 accelerates cell progression in cervical cancer by regulating the miR-889-3p/E2F7 axis through the activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway" (Zhou et al 2019) [retracted]. "The Western blots in these papers have very similar-looking blots with non-distinctive shaped bands at the same, regular distance throughout the articles. They do not look genuine."
