Oxford University Press halts publication of China-sponsored journal after years of outrage
Oxford University Press scraps China-sponsored journal after longstanding protests
- Oxford University Press will cease publishing the Chinese government-sponsored journal, Forensic Sciences Research, after 2025.
- The decision follows years of controversy regarding the journal's alleged ethical breaches over DNA collection from Uyghur and other ethnic minority groups in China.
- Critics highlighted concerns that studies published in the journal used DNA samples from minorities without their consent.
- OUP had previously retracted at least two papers and issued an "expression of concern" for another due to these ethical issues.
- Forensic Sciences Research will be published by KeAi in China from next year.