Scientists self-censor in response to political controversy
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 09:43
in Psychology & Sociology
A survey of scientists whose studies became the focus of a public debate about NIH grant funding has found that many of them engaged in self-censorship as a result of the controversy. The study, published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine, found that following the criticism of their research, scientists removed politically sensitive language from grant applications and stopped studying certain topics.
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