Recently, the topic of "Academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (foreign)" has been very hot, because a considerable number of "Academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (foreign)" are experts, scholars and entrepreneurs from domestic universities or scientific research institutions, and there are more than 10 domestic experts and scholars who will be publicly elected as "Academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (foreign)" in 2024. The large number of them inevitably makes people doubt their "gold content".
University teachers inexplicably received a letter of recommendation from an academician
"It gives people the feeling that the 'European Academy of Natural Sciences Academician (foreign)" will be elected from time to time The news of the election of academicians is exposed, and the way to become an "academician" is not uniform, some reports say that the "European Academy of Natural Sciences" officially announced the list of new academicians of the year, and *** was elected as a foreign academician of the "European Academy of Natural Sciences"; I am just an ordinary university teacher, and my understanding is that since it is the same institution, the results of the co-optation of academicians should be announced uniformly, and each should not say its own thing. On May 6, Liu Chang (pseudonym), a professor and doctoral supervisor at a university in Henan, told a reporter from Rushing News.
Liu Chang reflected that in March last year, his colleagues received an invitation letter from an institution, saying, "In view of your excellent performance in academic research, my unit can recommend you to run for membership in the European Academy of Natural Sciences." The letter of invitation also recommended that the institution could handle "Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the Georgian Academy of Sciences." ”
Liu Chang said, "After receiving the invitation letter, my colleague didn't know what was going on, and asked me specifically, and I said, 'I haven't done it, I don't know much.'" Then it was gone. However, I have heard from my colleagues that if you want to be co-opted as a 'Fellow of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Foreigner)', you generally need to pay a service fee of 40-1 million yuan, and I don't understand what scientific research results are required to apply for the 'Academician (Foreigner)'. ”
Rushing News reporters searched and found that from 2021 to the present, more than 70 domestic experts, scholars and entrepreneurs have been elected as "Academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Foreign)", and more than 10 domestic experts, scholars and entrepreneurs will be elected as "Academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Foreign)" in 2024 alone.
The reporter interviewed a number of universities and scientific research institutions, and the reply was basically "I don't know about this matter". A college teacher said that the honor was declared by the individual person, and it was not declared by the school, and the school could not verify it.
According to public information, the European Academy of Sciences (European Academy of Sciences) is headquartered in Hannover, Germany, is one of the most recognized and influential scientific organizations in the international cross-regional and academic fields. Academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences are selected or recommended by the academies of academies of various European countries, mainly experts and scholars who have achieved outstanding results in the field of natural sciences, representing the highest academic level of European countries. There are 1,700 members of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, many of whom have won the Nobel Prize, and more than 30 members of the European Academy of Natural Sciences are winners of well-known European science and technology awards.
Rushing News reporters searched for "European Academy of Sciences" via Google Maps, and its official address showed "permanently closed" at the bottom of the map.
Is the "European Academy of Natural Sciences" a copycat organization?
Previously, it was reported by the media that experts and scholars from domestic universities and scientific research institutions had received an invitation letter from the "European Academy of Natural Sciences" and were interested in joining, but were told that they needed to pay 400,000 yuan.
As early as 2019, when experts and scholars from many universities and scientific research institutions in China were suddenly awarded "Academicians of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Foreign)", someone specially reminded that this is a group of copycat organizations registered by foreigners in Germany, and scholars should not be fooled.
The reporter noticed that many reports about "Academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (foreign)" posted academician certificates. A careful comparison found that the style of the "academician" certificate posted in different reports is not exactly the same.
For example, the report on the election of Mr. Chen of a certain unit in Qingdao as an "academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences" states that "there are more than 400 academicians in the academy", while the official report of the "European Academy of Natural Sciences" says that "there are 1,700 academicians in the academy".
"For the same organization, there are so many differences in the content of the introduction, which has to make people suspicious. Some netizens commented.
The Torrent News reporter found that the European Academy of Sciences, which represents the highest academic level in Europe, needs to go through multiple rounds of rigorous academic review and selection procedures, and the candidates are recommended by the existing academicians, and through a series of detailed and strict evaluation processes, covering the evaluation of the innovation, influence and contribution to the scientific community of the candidates' scientific research achievements. At present, the European Academy of Sciences has many top scholars, including 87 Nobel laureates and 20 Fields Medal winners, and the pass rate of foreign academicians does not exceed 5%.
The reporter called the "contact number for foreign academicians to declare" at the top of the search results on the official website of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, and the staff said frankly: "We can apply for academicians of many academic organizations including the 'European Academy of Natural Sciences', and the applicant's academic qualifications must be doctoral degree or above, and the scientific research results depend on the papers published by the applicant or the patents that have been obtained, and the cost is four or five hundred thousand yuan." ”
Text丨Rushing News reporter Wu Yongming
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