Advanced Study Paper I Research Publications and Ethics

Paper Code: 
HHD 145
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Objectives

  • To understand the causes, risk factors and underlying changes in the body during various non communicable diseases
  • To understand the role of modified diet and life style in the management of the disease and their complications

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Philosophy and Ethics

  • Introduction to philosophy: definition; nature & scope; concept; branches
  • Ethics: definition; moral philosophy; nature of moral judgements & reactions

 

12.00
Unit II: 
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

 

12.00
Unit III: 
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

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Open Access Publishing

  • Open access publications & initiatives SHERPA/RoMEO online resource to check publisher copyright & selfarchiving 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

 

12.00
Unit V: 
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

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Bird, A (2006) . Phylosophy of Science.Routledge
  • MacIntyre, Alasdair.(1967) Ashort story of Ethics.London
  • P.Chaddah.(2018) . Ethics in Competitive Research: Do not get scooped; do not get plagiarized, ISBN 978-9387480865
  • National Academy of Sciences , National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine. (2009). On being a Scientist: A guide to Responsible Conduct in Research: third Edition.National Academic Press.
  • Resnik ,D.B. (2011). What is ethics in Research and why it is important. National institute of Enviornmental Health Sciences , 1-10.
  • Beall, J.(2012). Predatory publishers are corrupting open access. Nature. 489(7415), 179-179
  • Indian National Science Academy(INSA), Ethics in Science Education, Research and Governance (2019), ISBN: 978-81-939482-1-7.

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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