RESEARCH & PUBLICATION ETHICS

Paper Code: 
24GEO 145
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Course Outcomes: 

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Research & Publication Ethics

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO26: To get introduced with the philosophy and ethics of research and publication.

CO27: To learn about scientific conduct of research and publication.

CO28: To get familiarized with the publication ethics

CO29: To learn about open access publishing.

CO30: To learn about database and research metrics.

CO31: Contribute effectively in course- specific interaction.

Approach in Teaching:

 

Discussion,Demons tration, Action Research, Field Trip.

 

Learning activities for the students:

 

Field activities, Simulation, Presentation, Giving tasks.

Class Test, Semester end examinations

,            Quiz,

Solving problems   in Tutorials, Assignments, Observations of        practical skills, Presentation, Field     work reports, Presentation, Individual and         Group projects.

 

6.00
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

 

6.00
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

 

6.00
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 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
Unit V: 
Databases & Research Metrics
  • Indexing databases
  • Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.
  • Impact Factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score
  • Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics.

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025