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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS (RPE) (COMPULSORY)
Paper Code:
FSD 145
Credits:
02
Contact Hours:
30.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
- To introduce researchers to the elements of marketing analysis: marketing environment analysis, customer analysis.
- To familiarize researchers to the generic business strategies and strategic marketing decisions for profitable delivery of superior value to the customers.
- To impart knowledge of merchandising in the apparel industry.
4.00
Unit I:
Unit I
Philosophy and Ethics
- Introduction to philosophy: definition; nature & scope; concept; branches
- Ethics: definition; moral philosophy; nature of moral judgements & reactions
6.00
Unit II:
Unit II
Scientific Conduct
- Ethics with respect to science & research, group discussion on subject specific ethical issues
- Intellectual honesty & research integrity
- Scientific misconducts: falsification, fabrication, & plagiarism (FPP), group discussion on subject specific FPP issues
- Redundant publications: duplicate & overlapping publications, salami slicing
- Selective reporting & misrepresentation of data
7.00
Unit III:
Unit III
Publication Ethics
- Publication ethics: definition, introduction & importance
- Best practices/standard setting initiative & guidelines: COPE, WAME etc
- Conflicts of interest, group discussions on conflicts of interest
- Publication misconducts: definition, concept, problems that lead to unethical behaviour & vice versa, types
- Violation of publication ethics, authorship & contributor-ship, group discussion on subject specific authorship issues
- Identification of publication misconduct, complaints & appeals, group discussion on examples and fraud from India & abroad
- Predatory Publishers & journals
7.00
Unit IV:
Unit IV
Open Access Publishing
- Open access publications & initiatives SHERPA/RoMEO online resource to check publisher copyright & self-archiving policies
- Journal finder/journal suggestion tools viz. JANE, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer Journal Suggester etc.
- Software tools developed by SPPU to identify predatory publications
- Software tools: use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund, and other open source software tools
6.00
Unit V:
Unit V
Databases & Research Metrics Databases
- Indexing databases
- Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.
Research Metrics
- Impact Factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score
- Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics
Essential Readings:
- References Bird, A. (2006). Philosophy of Science. Routledge.
- Mac Intyre, Alasdair (1967) A Short History of Ethics.
- London, P. Chaddah, (2018) Ethics in Competitive Research: Do not get scooped; do not get plagiarized, ISBN: 978 9387480865
- National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine. (2009).
- On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research: Third Edition. National Academies Press. Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Ethics in Science Education, Research and Governance (2019). ISBN: 978-81-939482-1-7.
References:
E-Resources
- Resnik, D. B. (2011). What is ethics in research & why is it important. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1–10. Retrieved from https://www.nichs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/index.cfm
- Beall, J. (2012). Predatory publishers are corrupting open access. Nature, 489 (7415), 179–179. https://doi.org/10.1038/489179a
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