[Editorial] China`s medical research integrity questioned (Lancet)

With unprecedented investments in research and development, China is second only to the USA in terms of scientific publication output in English. According to OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2014, China is set to overtake the USA, Europe, and Japan to become the world`s leading research and development economy by 2019. However, research integrity has not kept pace, and research misconduct, such as fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and unattributed ghost-writing threaten to overshadow China`s achievements.