Academics Spar over Who Did the Research Presented in Paper

(Beijing) – A dispute between two academics over research into the impact of the earth's magnetic field on organisms has again shed light on questionable ethical standards among researchers in China.

The row broke out after Tsinghua University professor Zhang Shengjia published a paper in Science Bulletin, the bimonthly academic journal under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on September 14. It details the discovery of MagR Protein that may allow organisms to navigate the magnetic fields that surround us.