A study of the science research activities in China's institutions of higher learning in recent years indicates that there is a major connection between the current instances of corruption in scientific research at colleges and universities and the evaluations system for scientific research implemented at many of the colleges and universities. This paper analyzes the imperfections in the science research evaluations system. It explores ways for devising scientific systems and criteria for the evaluation of academic research as well as ways to conduct scientific and impartial evaluations of academic research. (Contains 5 notes.) [This article was translated by Ted Wang.]