Philosophy and Ethics – 4hrs
Introduction to philosophy: definition, nature and scope, concept, branches
Ethics: definition, moral philosophy, nature of moral judgments and reactions
Scientific Conduct – 4hrs
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
Selective reporting and misrepresentation of data
Publication Ethics – 7hrs
Publication Ethics: definition, introduction and importance
Best practices / standards setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc.
Conflict of interest
Publication misconduct: definition, concepts, problems that lead to unethical behavior and vice-versa, types
Violation of publication ethics, authorship and contributor ship
Predatory publishers and journals
Identification of publication misconduct, complaints and appeals
Open Access Publishing – 4hrs
Open Access publishing and initiatives
SHERPA/RoMEO online resource to check publisher copyright & self-archiving policies
Software tools to identify predatory publication developed by SPPU
Journal finder / Journal suggestion tools viz. JANE, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer journal Suggester, etc.
Publication Misconduct – 4hrs
Group Discussion (2hrs)
Subject specific ethical issue, FFP, authorship
Conflict of interest
Complaints and appeals: examples and fraud from India and abroad
Software tools (2hrs)
Use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools
Database and Research Metrics – 7hrs
Databases (4 hrs.)
Indexing Databases
Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus
Research Metrics (3hrs.)
Impact Factor of journals as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score
Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics
Introduction to philosophy: definition, nature and scope, concept, branches
Ethics: definition, moral philosophy, nature of moral judgments and reactions
Scientific Conduct – 4hrs
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
Selective reporting and misrepresentation of data
Publication Ethics – 7hrs
Publication Ethics: definition, introduction and importance
Best practices / standards setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc.
Conflict of interest
Publication misconduct: definition, concepts, problems that lead to unethical behavior and vice-versa, types
Violation of publication ethics, authorship and contributor ship
Predatory publishers and journals
Identification of publication misconduct, complaints and appeals
Open Access Publishing – 4hrs
Open Access publishing and initiatives
SHERPA/RoMEO online resource to check publisher copyright & self-archiving policies
Software tools to identify predatory publication developed by SPPU
Journal finder / Journal suggestion tools viz. JANE, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer journal Suggester, etc.
Publication Misconduct – 4hrs
Group Discussion (2hrs)
Subject specific ethical issue, FFP, authorship
Conflict of interest
Complaints and appeals: examples and fraud from India and abroad
Software tools (2hrs)
Use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools
Database and Research Metrics – 7hrs
Databases (4 hrs.)
Indexing Databases
Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus
Research Metrics (3hrs.)
Impact Factor of journals as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score
Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics