Research and Publication Ethics (RPE)
Paper Code:
MAT145
Credits:
2
Contact Hours:
30.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Unit I:
I
Philosophy and Ethics: Introduction to philosophy: definition; nature & scope; concept; branches.
Ethics: definition; moral philosophy; nature of moral judgments & reactions.
Unit II:
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.
Unit III:
III
Publication ethics: definition, introduction & importance, Best practices/standard setting initiative & guidelines: COPE, WAME etc, onflicts 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:
IV
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.
Unit V:
V
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:
- Bird, A. (2006). Philosophy of Science. Routledge. MacIntyre, Alasdair (1967) A Short History 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 Academies Press.
- Resnik, D. B. (2011). What is ethics in research & why is it important. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1-10. Retrieved from https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/index.cfm
- Beall, J. (2012). Predatory publishers are corrupting open access. Nature, 489(7415), 179–179. https://doi.org/10.1038/489179a Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Ethics in Science Education, Research and Governance (2019), ISBN: 978-81-939482-1-7. http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/Ethics Book.pdf.
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