Nature system error misreads Kangwon National University as North Korea, papers retracted

International academic publisher Springer Nature caused a stir after its system mistakenly recognized Kangwon National University as a North Korean administrative district, resulting in the retraction of papers by Korean researchers. According to Kangwon National University and others on the 11th, the incident occurred when the publisher’s system misread the university name as a North Korea-related location. As Springer Nature is a major global academic publisher, Korean researchers faced unexpected damage during the retraction process. The case shows how errors in recognizing institutional and regional names in academic publishing systems can directly affect the management of research output. Source: mk.co.kr.