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Research and Publication Ethics (RPE) [1]

Paper Code: 
LSC-145
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
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 (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: 
2025-2026 [2]

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