Is political correctness damaging science? Peer pressure and mainstream thinking may discourage novelty and innovation

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 405-407

  Hunter, Philip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXOTIC SPECIES; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; VIRUS STRAIN;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; PEER REVIEW; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE;

EID: 20044387944     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400395     Document Type: Article

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