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RMC0001 - Research Publications & Ethics Syllabus

This document outlines a course on research and publication ethics. The course objectives are to raise awareness about publication ethics and misconduct, understand ethical dilemmas in research and publishing, and learn best practices for the publication process. The expected outcomes are for students to be able to critically evaluate publications and issues, distinguish misconduct from research, analyze how ethics can be addressed, understand data collection limits, and comprehend research metrics. The course contains 6 modules covering philosophy, scientific conduct, publication ethics, open access publishing, misconduct case studies, and databases/metrics.

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RMC0001 - Research Publications & Ethics Syllabus

This document outlines a course on research and publication ethics. The course objectives are to raise awareness about publication ethics and misconduct, understand ethical dilemmas in research and publishing, and learn best practices for the publication process. The expected outcomes are for students to be able to critically evaluate publications and issues, distinguish misconduct from research, analyze how ethics can be addressed, understand data collection limits, and comprehend research metrics. The course contains 6 modules covering philosophy, scientific conduct, publication ethics, open access publishing, misconduct case studies, and databases/metrics.

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RMC0001 RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION 2 0 0 2


ETHICS
(Common to all Research Scholars)
Course Objectives:
1. Course for awareness about the publication ethics and publication misconducts.
2. To understand ethical dilemmas faced in research and publication
3. To understand Intellectual honesty and research integrity.
4. To learn and understand Best Practices for Publication process
5. To identify the impact factor journals, and research metrics
Expected Course Outcome:
On the completion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Critically evaluate research Publications and ethical issues.
2. Distinguish publication misconduct and scientific research.
3. Analyze how ethical challenges can be addressed in research and publication
4. Delineate limits of data that are collected and utilized during research and publication
5. To comprehend and deal with complex research metrics and data base.
Module:1 Philosophy and Ethics 3 Hours
Introduction to Philosophy: Definition, nature and scope, concept, branches, Ethics: Moral
Philosophy, nature of moral judgments and reactions.
Module:2 Scientific Conduct 5 Hours
Ethics with respect to Science and Research, Intellectual honesty and Research integrity
Scientific misconducts: Falsification, Fabrication and Plagiarism(FFP), Redundant Publications:
Duplicate Publications and overlapping Publication, salami slicing, Selective
Reporting
misrepresentation of data.
Module:3 Publication Ethics 7 Hours
Publication Ethics: Definition, introduction and importance, Best Practices/standards setting
initiatives and guidelines: Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), World Association of
Medical Editors (WAME) etc., Conflicts of interest, Publication misconduct: definition, concept,
problems that lead to unethical behavior and vice versa types, Violation of Publication ethics,
authorship and contributor ship, Identification of Publication misconduct, complaints and appeals,
Predatory
Publishers and Journals.
Module:4 Practice 1: OPEN Access Publishing 4 Hours
1. Open access Publications and initiatives
2. SHERPA/ROMEO online resource and check publisher copy right & Self archiving policies
3. Software tool to identify predatory publications developed by SPPU Journal finder/ Journal
suggestion tools Viz. JANE, Elsevier journal finder, Springer, Journal suggester etc.,

Module:5 Practice 2: Publication Misconduct 4 Hours


Group Discussion: Subject specific ethical issues, FFP and authorship, Conflict of interest,
Complaints and appeals: example fraud from India and abroad, Software tools: Use of Plagiarism
software Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools

Module:6 Practice 3: Databases and Research Metrics 7 Hours


Data Bases: Indexing Database, Citation Data Bases: Web of Science, Scopus etc., Impact factor of
Journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP,SJR,IPP, Cite Score, Metrics: h-index,
g index, i10 index, almetrics
Reference Books
1. Leefmann, J., & Jungert, M. (2020). Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity in
Neuroscience. Handbook of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity, 1013-1035.
2. Iphofen, R., & Tolich, M. (Eds.). (2018). The SAGE handbook of qualitative research ethics.
Sage..
3. Temple, A. (2019). The Postgraduate's Guide to Research Ethics. United
Kingdom: Macmillan International Higher Education.
4. Research and Publications Ethics by Santosh Kumkar Yadav, Ane Publications,2020
5. Kara, H. (2018). Research Ethics in the Real World: Euro-Western and Indigenous
Perspectives. United Kingdom: Policy Press.
6. Anil. K. Jain, Ethical issues in scientific publication, Indian J Orthop. 2010 Jul-Sep; 44(3):
235–237.
7. Gupta, S., Kamboj, S. (2020). Research and Publication Ethics. (n.p.): Alexis Press LLC.
8. Bos, J. (2020). Research ethics for students in the social sciences (p. 287). Springer
Nature.Cavaliere, P., De Souza, D., Fenton, A. L., Giridharan, B., Gralla, C., Inshakova, N.,
& Zaharuk, G. (2020). Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism: Case Studies from
Universities Around the World. Lexington Books.
9. Bretag, T. (Ed.). (2016). Handbook of academic integrity. Springer Singapore.
10. Dobrick, F. M., Fischer, J., & Hagen, L. M. (2018). Research Ethics in the Digital Age.
Wiesbaden: Springer.
11. Manual for research and publication ethics in science and engineering, Korean Federation of
Science and Technology Societies, Seoul, Korea,2016
12. Kleinert S & Wager E (2011) Responsible research publication: international standards for
editors. Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment. Imperial College Press /
World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 317-28). (ISBN 978-981-4340-97-7)
Mode of Evaluation: CAT / Assignment / Case Study discussion / FAT / Seminar/Tutorials
Approved by Academic Council 59th Date 24/9/2020

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