Quan-Yu ZHANG 张权瑀, Yue-Ming HE 何岳铭, Yu-Xuan HUAN 郇宇轩 & Zhi-Yao WANG 王志遥

Abstract: Ms. Zhang has published more than 20 taxonomy-related journal articles as the first author between 2019 and 2026, four of which involve evaluations of other scholars’ research. Reasonable and well-intentioned comments and studies contribute to the sound development of taxonomy. However, we have serious concerns about the content of her papers. We question the authenticity of the research results in some of her publications, as well as whether she has respected her co-authors and properly used materials provided by other co-authors in drafting and submitting her papers. As one of her former co-authors and the first author of this paper, we discovered that in Zhang et al. 2024a, the samples provided by us were misused without proper communication, and we were not informed of the specific content of the paper during the entire process from submission to publication. Meanwhile, we consulted the second author of Zhang et al. 2024a, who was largely unaware of the specific content of the paper. Whether an academic paper can be published without the knowledge of its co-authors is thought-provoking, and whether this practice complies with academic ethics also warrants further discussion. Besides, the names of its co-authors were also misspelled, and Ms. Zhang has not issued any public apology statement. We have re-examined some of her taxonomic articles and revised the conclusions of several papers. In this study, we describe four new genera, three new combinations and fifteen new species of Camaenidae from China.

Keywords: academic ethics, academic issues, mollusca, taxonomy, taxonomic revision, new species

摘要：张女士在2019到2026期间以论文第一作者的身份发表了超过20篇分类学相关的期刊文章，其中4篇涉及对其他学者的研究评价，合理而善意的评价与研究有助于分类学良好发展，然而我们对其论文内容感到严重担忧。对其一些论文研究结果的真实性，以及是否尊重合著者并正确使用其他合著者提供材料进行论文撰写与提交的情况提出质疑。在本文第一作者作为其曾经的合著者之一，发现在Zhang et al. 2024a中，本文合著者提供的样本在未经过合理沟通的情况下被私自错误使用，并且在论文投稿至见刊期间没有被告知文章具体内容。同时我们咨询了Zhang et al. 2024a中的第二作者，其对文章的具体内容几乎处于不知情的情况，一篇学术论文能否在共著者不知情的情况下发表引人深思，这是否符合学术规范也值得探讨。除此之外，其合著者的姓名也被写错，并且张女士没有发表任何公开声明道歉。我们重审了其部分分类学文章，对一些错误的结论进行了重新修订。同时，在这项研究中，我们描述了来自中国的巴蜗牛科的四个新属,十五个新种和三个新组合。

关键词：学术道德，学术问题，软体动物，分类学，分类修订，新种

Published online: 2026-07-28 13:32:16

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