Head of Japanese research university faces misconduct allegations

The president of the Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT) in Japan, Masahiro Yoshimoto, is facing several accusations of self-plagiarism. Yoshimoto is alleged to have duplicated data across 34 research papers, according to a report in Retraction Watch. The accusations, which were brought to KIT’s attention last October, are based on an analysis by plagiarism detection software iThenticate.