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Research and Publication Ethics (RPE)
Paper Code:
LSC-145
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
4.00
Unit I:
Philosophy and Ethics
Introduction to philosophy: definition; nature & scope; concept; branches
Ethics: definition; moral philosophy; nature of moral judgements & reactions
6.00
Unit II:
Scientific Conduct
Ethics with respect to science & research, group discussion on subject specific ethical issues
Intellectual honesty & research integrity
Scientific misconducts: falsification, fabrication, & plagiarism (FPP), group discussion on subject specific FPP issues
Redundant publications: duplicate & overlapping publications, salami slicing
Selective reporting & misrepresentation of data
7.00
Unit III:
Publication Ethics
Publication ethics: definition, introduction & importance
Best practices/standard setting initiative & guidelines: COPE, WAME etc
Conflicts of interest, group discussions on conflicts of interest
Publication misconducts: definition, concept, problems that lead to unethical behaviour & vice versa, types
Violation of publication ethics, authorship & contributor-ship, group discussion on subject specific authorship issues
Identification of publication misconduct, complaints & appeals, group discussion on examples and fraud from India & abroad
Predatory Publishers & journals
7.00
Unit IV:
Open Access Publishing
Open access publications & initiatives SHERPA/RoMEO online resource to check publisher copyright & self-archiving policies
Journal finder/journal suggestion tools viz. JANE, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer Journal Suggester etc.
Software tools developed by SPPU to identify predatory publications
Software tools: use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund, and other open source software tools
6.00
Unit V:
Databases & Research Metrics
Databases (3 hrs)
·Indexing databases
·Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.
Research Metrics (3 hrs)
·Impact Factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score
. Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics
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