Syllabus - PhD Course Work

 

COURSE–II: RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS

Unit-1: Introduction

  • Philosophy and Ethics
  •  Introduction to Philosophy: Definition, nature and score, concept, branches.
  • Ethics: Definition, moral philosophy, nature or more judgements and reactions 

 

  • Scientific Conduct
  • Ethics with respect to science and research
  • Intellectual honesty and research integrity
  • Scientific misconducts: Falsification, Fabrication, and Plagiarism (FFP)
  • Redundant publications: Duplicate and overlapping publications, salami slicing

 

Unit-2: Publication Ethics

  • Publication ethics: Definition, introduction and importance
  • Best practices/standards setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc.
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Publication misconduct: Definition, concept, problems that lead to unethical behaviour and vice versa, types
  • Violation of publication ethics, authorship and contributorship
  • Identification of Publication misconduct, complaints and appeals
  • Predatory Publishers and Journals

 

Unit-3: Databases and Research Metrics

  • Databases: Indexing Databases
  • Citation Databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.
  • Research Metrics: Impact Factor of Journal as per Journal Citation Report (JSR), SNIP, SIr, IPP, Cite Score
  • Metrics: h-index, g-index, i10 index, altmetrics

 

Unit-4: Practice

  • Open Access Publications and Initiatives: SHERPA/RoMEO online resources to check publisher copyright & self archiving policies
  • Software tool to identify predatory publications developed by SPPU
    • Journal finder/journal suggestion tools viz Jane, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer Journal Suggested, etc.

 

  • Publication Misconduct
  • Goup Discussion: Subject specific ethical issues, FFP, authorship

Conflict of Interest

  • Complaints and appeals: Examples and Fraud from India and abroad
  • Software Tools (2hrs): Use of Plagiarism software like Turnitin, DrillBrit and Open source software tools.