research PUBLICATIONS AND ETHICS

Paper Code: 
HFN 145
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
4.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

Philosophy and Ethics

 • Introduction to philosophy: definition; nature & scope; concept; branches

• Ethics: definition; moral philosophy; nature of moral judgements & reactions

 

6.00
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

 

7.00
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

 

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

 

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: 
2020-2021
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