Moon Hyung-In is a professor at Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea. He is a member of the Department of Medicinal Biotechnology, and he earned his PhD in the Department of Pharmacy at Sungkyunkwan University in 2001.
Moon was discovered in 2012 to have published a number of articles in academic journals by writing the peer review reports for them himself. He submitted manuscripts to journals that allowed authors to suggest their own reviewers: he used false names and email addresses that he controlled, and he then submitted his own (glowing) reviews. The articles were subsequently retracted when the nature of his submissions was discovered; he reportedly acknowledged falsifying data in his papers.Josh Fischman, "Fake Peer Reviews, the Latest Form of Scientific Fraud, Fool Journals", Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 September 2012David Wagner, "Researcher, Peer Review Thyself", Atlantic Monthly, 24 August 2012
List of retracted articles Pharmaceutical BiologyRetraction Notice: Pharmaceutical Biology Pharmaceutical Biology 2011 49:2, 190–193
Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal ChemistryRetraction Notice: Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry [epub ahead of print], 2012, doi: 10.3109/14756366.2011.641014 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry [epub ahead of print], 2012, doi: 10.3109/14756366.2011.615746 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 2010 25:5, 608-614 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 2010 25:3, 391-393
International Journal of Food Sciences and NutritionRetraction Notice: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition Retracted Paper: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2012; 63(5): 537–547, doi: 10.3109/09637486.2011.607801 Retracted Paper: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2011; 62(2): 102–105, doi: 10.3109/09637486.2010.513682 Retracted Paper: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2011; 62(3): 215–218, doi: 10.3109/09637486.2010.503187
The Journal of Ethnopharmacology Retracted Paper: Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2005; 97(3): 21: Pages 567–571, doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.01.006
FEBS Letters Retracted Paper: FEBS Letters 2006; 580(3): 769–774, doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.12.094
Phytotherapy ResearchRetraction Notice #1 : Phytotherapy Research Phytotherapy Research 2006; 20(8): 714-716, doi 10.1002/ptr.1941 Phytotherapy Research 2005; 19(3): 239–242, doi 10.1002/ptr.1682
Additional list of 20 more retracted papers The list of these papers has been reported on Retraction Watch.Article on Retraction Watch.
See also List of scientific misconduct incidents
References
External links University faculty webpage