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Compulsory paper Paper III: Research and Publication Ethics [1]

Paper Code: 
25LSC 145
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
30
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 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

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: 
  1. Yadav, Santosh Kumar. Research and Publication Ethics, Ane Books Pvt Ltd.2018.
  2. Kamboj, Sushil., Gupta, Sudhir. Research and Publication Ethics. N.p.: Alexis Press LLC, 2020.
  3. Introduction of Research Methods and Publication Ethics. N.p.: Friends Publications (India), 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026 [2]

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