University removes professor, citing ethical lapses

A sociology professor at Nanjing University known for publishing and retracting scores of academic papers has been removed from her teaching post due to ethics violations.

The university said on Saturday it had stripped Liang Ying of her credentials to supervise graduate students and some honorary titles over "serious academic ethics and other moral problems".

Departments had been instructed to undertake deep self-reflection and take practical measures to prevent such incidents from happening again, it said in an online statement.