"First of all, the probability of paper fraud being discovered is extremely small, and most papers will not be concerned or repeated." Duan Weiwen, a researcher at the Science and Technology and Social Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, analyzed, "From the perspective of rational calculation, when the expected benefits of fraud outweigh the risks, scientists may take risks; From an irrational point of view, the pressure to publish the results may also temporarily confuse them. "
Different from fake and shoddy goods, fake papers are more concealed. Chen, director of the Supervisory Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, previously said that in recent years, common sense mistakes have decreased, typical misconduct such as forgery, tampering and plagiarism have decreased, and cases of knowingly committing crimes have increased.
Oranski, the founder of the blog "Withdrawal Monitoring", which records the global retracted papers, believes that academic misconduct known to the outside world is only the tip of the iceberg. In this case, "due to peer competition and the pressure of applying for funds, some researchers began to take chances, fabricate data or copy other people's achievements."
So now people who make fakes are holding the mentality that subtle differences will not be discovered. I don't know that the national policy is relatively perfect now. If you continue to falsify, you will definitely go to jail.