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Research and Publication Ethics (RPE) [1]

Paper Code: 
ATG 145
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
4.00
Philosophy and Ethics
 Introduction to philosophy: definition; nature & scope; concept;
branches
 Ethics: definition; moral philosophy; nature of moral judgements &
reactions
6.00
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
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
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
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
Academic Year: 
2022-2023 [2]

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