Scientific Misconduct in India: Causes and Perpetuation

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1245-1249

  Patnaik, Pratap R ^a,b  

^a Department of Chemical Engineering   (India)

^b Gharda Chemicals Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Career pressure; Power lobbies; Science cartels; Scientific misconduct; Weak penalties

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INDIA; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

HUMANS; INDIA; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84937720334     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-015-9677-6     Document Type: Article

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