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Research and Publication Ethics (RPE) [1]

Paper Code: 
PHY-145
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
4.00
Unit I: 
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: 
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: 
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: 
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: 
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
Academic Year: 
2020-2021 [2]

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