Research and Publication Ethics

Paper Code: 
SOC 145
Credits: 
2
Max. Marks: 
100.00
4.00
Unit I: 
Philosophy and Ethics

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

References: 
  • Bird.A (2006), Philosophy of Science, London, Routledge

 

  • Bryman, Alan, 1988: Quality and Quantity in Social Research, London, Unwin  Hyman.

 

  • Bealle.J (2012), Predatory Publishers are Corrupting Open Access, Nature, 489 (7415), 179

 

  • Chaddah.P.(2018), Ethics in Competitive Research, ISBN-13 : 978-9387480865,

 

  • MacIntyre.A(1967), A Short History of Ethics, London, Routledge

 

 

Academic Session: 
2020-21
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