Research and Publication Ethics (RPE)

Paper Code: 
HCT145
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To introduce researchers to the elements of marketing analysis: marketing environment analysis, customer analysis.
  • To familiarize researchers to the generic business strategies and strategic marketing decisions for profitable delivery of superior value to the customers.
  • To impart knowledge of merchandising in the apparel industry.

 

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 Joursnal  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

 

7.00
Unit V: 
Databases & Research Metrics

Databases                                                                                       

  • Indexing databases
  • Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.

Research Metrics                                                                                    

  • Impact Factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score
  • Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Beall, J. (2012). Predatory publishers are corrupting open access. Nature, 489 (7415), 179. https://doi.org/10.1038/489179a
  • Bird, A. (2006). Philosophy of science. Routledge.
  • Chaddah, P. (2018). Ethics in competitive research: Do not get scooped; do not get plagiarized. Indian Academy of Sciences. ISBN: 9789387480865
  • Indian National Science Academy (INSA). (2019). Ethics in science education, research and governance. http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/Ethics%20Book.pdf
  • MacIntyre, A. (1967). A short history of ethics. Routledge.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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