Research and Publication Ethics

Research and Publication Ethics (RPE)

Duration: 8 Weeks

Credit:02

Course outline (Weekly distribution)

Week

Module

Unit

Week 1

RPE 01: Philosophy and Ethics

· Introduction to Philosophy

· Origin of Philosophy

· Characteristics of Philosophy

· Common sense and Philosophy

· Relationship between Philosophy & Science

Week 2

RPE 02: Scientific Conduct

· Integrity and Ethics

· Ethics with Respect to Science & Research

· Intellectual Honesty & Research Integrity: Scientific Misconducts & Redundant Publications

· Selective Reporting and Misrepresentation of data

Week 3

RPE 03: Publication Ethics

· Publication Ethics,

· Best Practices/Standards Setting

· Initiatives & Guidelines: COPE, WAME etc.

· Conflict of Interest; Publication Misconduct

· Violation of Publication Ethics, Authorship and Contributorship; Identification of Publication Misconduct, Complacent & Appeals

· Predatory Publishers & Journals

Week 4

RPE 04: Open Access Publishing

· Concept of OER

· Concept of open license

· Open access publishing

· Open access content management

Week 5

RPE 05: Publication Misconduct

· Publication Misconduct

· Ethical issues in various Disciplines

· Fabrication, Falsification and Plagiarism (FFP)

· Authorshp : Definition and types

· Conflict of Interest

· Complaints and Appeals

· Software Tools

Week 6

RPE 06: Database and Research Metrics

· Indexing Databases

· Citation Databases : Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar

· Metrics : h-index, g-ind, i10 index, Almetrics

· Understanding Citation Metrics for Quality Research: Impact & Visualization Analysis

· Exploring the Citation Network

· Rules & Tools

Week 7

UGC Regulations 2018 on Academic Integrity

· UGC Regulations-Meaning & concept

· Legal Provisions

Week 8

Revision and Assessment

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