Almost Half of SNU Research Papers Have Professor’s Children as Co-Authors
Here is an interesting academic corruption nugget from the Korea Times:
Nearly half of all underage co-authors listed in research papers from Seoul National University (SNU) were the children of SNU professors, a ruling party lawmaker said, Thursday, calling for harsher disciplinary action against misconduct involving research by professors abusing their status.
Korea Times
According to Rep. Seo Dong-yong of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is on the National Assembly Education Committee, the university’s 22 research papers that listed minors as co-authors were concluded as cases of misconduct. Among them, nine involved children of SNU professors.
Among the nine cases, four professors listed their own children as co-authors, while five listed children of their colleagues.
Other than children of SNU professors, there were more cases involving children of their acquaintances, such as friends and relatives, Rep. Seo said.
You can read more at the link, but this is a clever way that these professor are giving their children a leg up on college admissions by showing their have published research articles when really their parent likely did all the work for them.
