Syllabus

Unit-1 PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS
Introduction to philosophy: definition, nature and scope, concept, branches, Ethics: definition, moral philosophy, nature of moral judgments and reactions
Unit-2 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, Selective reporting and misrepresentation of data
Unit-3 PUBLICATION ETHICS
Publication ethics: definition, introduction and importance, Best practices/standards-setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc., Conflicts of interest, Publication misconduct: definition, concept, problems that lead to unethical behavior and vice versa, Violation of publication ethics, authorship and contributorship, Identification of publication misconduct, complaints, and appeals, Predatory publishers and journals
Unit-4 OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING
Open access publications and initiatives, SHERPA/RoMEO online resource to check publisher copyright & self-archiving policies, a Software tool to identify predatory publications developed by SPPU, Journal finder/ journal suggestion tools viz. JANE, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer Journal Suggester, etc.
Unit-5 PUBLICATION MISCONDUCT
Subject specific ethical issues, FFP, authorship, Conflicts of interest, Complaints and appeals: examples and fraud from India and abroad, Use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools
Unit-6 DATABASES AND RESEARCH METRICS
Databases, Indexing databases, Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.
Research Metrics, Impact Factor of the journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score, Metrics: h-index, g index, ilO index, altmetrics

To develop awareness about publication ethics and publication misconducts

To educate students on the philosophy of publication

To teach ethics and values of research and the consequences of research output

To orient students to conduct in an ethically and morally appropriate ways

After completing the course the students would be able to understand the rationale of ethics, scientific conduct, publication ethics and misconduct, open access publishing, database and research metrics

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National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine(2009), On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research, National Academic Press

Bird, A. (2006), Philosophy of Science, Routledge

Indian National Science Academy (INSA) (2019), Ethics in Science Education, Research and Governance, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)

Health Sciences, 1-10. Retrieved from https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/index.cfrn Beall, J. (2012). Predatory publishers are corrupting open access. Nature, 489(7415), 179-179

Resnik, D. B. (2011). What is ethics in research & why is it important. National Institute of Environmental https://doi.org/10.1038/489179a