
{"id":4032,"date":"2022-11-08T04:42:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T04:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/possible-academic-misconduct-in-multiple-papers-co-authored-by-nobel-laureate\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:21:23","slug":"possible-academic-misconduct-in-multiple-papers-co-authored-by-nobel-laureate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/possible-academic-misconduct-in-multiple-papers-co-authored-by-nobel-laureate","title":{"rendered":"Possible academic misconduct in multiple papers co-authored by Nobel laureate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Nobel Prizes are widely considered the pinnacle of achievement for their field. They are usually granted to researchers whose discoveries have made a profound difference to scientific progress.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Nobel laureates are usually heroes within their fields, commanding considerable respect; however, their status does not make them invincible from scrutiny. For example, Shinya Yamanaka apologized publicly after a potential image fabrication by a co-author in a 2000 paper.<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">1<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Recently, another laureate has come under fire. This time, up to 52 papers published by Gregg L. Semenza, one of the 2019 laureates for Physiology or Medicine, have been scrutinized for potential image manipulation. While Nobel laureates retracting their papers is not new<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">2<\/span><\/sup>, the number of publications affected and amount of public attention are unprecedented.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #2f5496;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">About Gregg L. Semenza<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Gregg L. Semenza is an American pediatrician and researcher who won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for \u201cdiscoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability,\u201d which he shared with William Kaelin Jr. and Peter J. Ratcliffe<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">3<\/span><\/sup>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">At Johns Hopkins, he researched the molecular and genetic underpinnings of cellular responses to hypoxia. He investigated the <i>EPO<\/i> gene and its regulation by varying oxygen levels. He showed that hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) mediate these responses and published his findings in 1995. Since then, he has continued his research into the molecular mechanisms of adaptation to hypoxia and its relevance in disease.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">In 2011, Semenza retracted a paper published with Naoki Mori<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">4<\/span><\/sup> after it was alleged that Mori had manipulated the images in articles published between 2000 and 2009. Despite this, his career was largely unaffected.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #2f5496;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Allegations of misconduct<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">PubPeer is an online portal that acts like a \u201cjournal club.\u201d Users can pseudonymously discuss papers and share concerns about their data or conclusions. It has gradually gained a reputation for its community of sleuths who sniff out fabrication or other unethical misconduct in scientific publications. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Only one year after Semenza received his Nobel Prize, users of PubPeer began noticing issues in the figures of several of his papers. In 2020, the scrutiny gradually ramped up; <i>For Better Science<\/i> released an excellent summary of the questionable findings<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">5<\/span><\/sup>. As conversation continued and users dug deeper, they eventually identified 52 papers published until 2021 with questionable results, mostly related to figures. To date, 17 of these papers have been retracted, including four papers retracted from PNAS<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">6<\/span><\/sup>, and a further 32 have been identified as concerning by their journals. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Elisabeth Bik, a well-known scientific integrity consultant, remarked \u201cthe fact that there are multiple papers now retracted for manipulated images, and several others still under investigation suggests an intention to mislead.\u201d Meanwhile, Semenza has declined several requests for comments<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">7<\/span><\/sup>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #2f5496;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Implications going forward<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Hypoxia has attracted considerable attention due to its potential role in disease pathogenesis and clinical relevance for cancer therapies<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">8<\/span><\/sup>. However, given the number of potential fabrications, researchers may need to re-evaluate the role of hypoxia in disease, much like how the role of amyloid beta in Alzheimer\u2019s disease has been thrown into question following the discovery of possible misconduct by Lesne et al.<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">9<\/span><\/sup> earlier this year. Image manipulation not only brings the results of a study into question, but also damages our trust in the results of a whole research area.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Given the numerous dramatic retractions seen recently, this controversy is likely not the last high-profile instance of suspected academic misconduct we will see.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #2f5496;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">References<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"MsoBibliography\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">1.\u00a0Japan\u2019s Latest Stem Cell Apology. https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/japans-latest-stem-cell-apology.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBibliography\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">2.\u00a0Oransky, I. Lasker Award recipient had retracted some of his work \u2014 a sign of strength, not sloppiness. <i>STAT<\/i> https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2019\/09\/16\/lasker-award-recipient-has-posted-retractions-a-sign-of-strength\/ (2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBibliography\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">3.\u00a0The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019. <i>NobelPrize.org<\/i> https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/medicine\/2019\/press-release\/.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBibliography\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">4.\u00a0Tomita, M. <i>et al.<\/i> Activation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 in human T-cell leukaemia virus type\u00a01-infected cell lines and primary adult T-cell leukaemia cells. <i>Biochem. J.<\/i> <b>434<\/b>, 571 (2011).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBibliography\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">5.\u00a0Schneider, L. Gregg Semenza: real Nobel Prize and unreal research data. <i>For Better Science<\/i> https:\/\/forbetterscience.com\/2020\/10\/07\/gregg-semenza-real-nobel-prize-and-unreal-research-data\/ (2020).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBibliography\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">6.\u00a0Oransky, A. I. Nobel Prize winner Gregg Semenza retracts four papers. <i>Retraction Watch<\/i> https:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2022\/09\/03\/nobel-prize-winner-gregg-semenza-retracts-four-papers\/ (2022).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBibliography\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">7.\u00a0Else, H. Dozens of papers co-authored by Nobel laureate raise concerns. <i>Nature<\/i> (2022) doi:10.1038\/d41586-022-03032-9.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBibliography\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">8.\u00a0The role of hypoxia in cancer progression, angiogenesis, metastasis, and resistance to therapy &#8211; PMC. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5045092\/.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBibliography\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">9.\u00a0Image fabrication controversy in Alzheimer\u2019s research threatens a fundamental hypothesis. <i>Editage Insights<\/i> https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/image-fabrication-controversy-in-alzheimers-research-threatens-a-fundamental-hypothesis (2022).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel Prizes are widely considered the pinnacle of achievement for their field. They are usually granted to researchers whose discoveries have made a profound difference to scientific progress. Nobel laureates are usually heroes within their fields, commanding considerable respect; however, their status does not make them invincible from scrutiny. For example, Shinya Yamanaka apologized publicly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2681,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408,2418],"tags":[2644,2552,85,2638],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-4032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","category-research-ethics","tag-industry-updates","tag-nobel-prize-and-laureates","tag-research-misconduct","tag-scholarly-publishing-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Possible academic misconduct in multiple papers co-authored by Nobel laureate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Up to 52 papers published by Gregg L. 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