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shijithCourse II Title: Research and Publication Ethics
Duration of the Course: 32 hours
Maximum Marks: 50 Marks
OBJECTIVES: On completion of the course, the research scholar shall be able to:
1. Explain the principles of research integrity and ethical scholarly conduct.
2. Identify various forms of research and publication misconduct.
3. Apply authorship norms, citation ethics, and conflict-of-interest guidelines.
4. Use plagiarism detection tools and journal evaluation tools responsibly.
5. Interpret research metrics with due caution and responsibility.
Unitl: Philosophy, Ethics and Scientific Conduct
Introduction to Philosophy: defmition, nature, scope, concepts and branches
Ethics: definition and moral reasoning
Ethics in science and research
Intellectual honesty and research integrity
Helsinki Declaration
ICMR ethical guidelines for biomedical research
Research misconducts: Fabrication, falsification and plagiarism (FFP)
Redundant publication (duplicate/overlapping publications, salami slicing)
Selective reporting and misrepresentation of data
IPR ) .
Unit II: Publication Ethics and Misconduct
Meaning and importance of publication ethics
Best practice guidelines (COPE, WAME, etc.)
Authorship and contributorship
Conflicts of interest
Publication misconducts: definition, causes, consequences and types.
Violation of publication ethics
Retraction policies and correction mechanisms in scholarly publishing.
Ethics in peer review
Identification of publication rnisconduct
Complaints and appeals
Predatory journals and publishers
• Rajammal, P. and Devadoss, A (1976) Hand Book of Methodology of Resww. M M.
Vidya Press.
• Sansanwal, D. N (2020). Research Methodology and Applied Statistics. Shipra
Publications
• Someld1, B. & Lewin, C . (2005). Research methods in the social sciences. Thousand
Oaks: Sage.
• Stein, F., & Cutler, S. K. (1996). Clinical Research in Allied Health and Special
Education. San Diego: Singular Publishing Group p
• Woods, A. Fletcher, P and Hughes, a (1986). Statistics in Language studies. Cambridge:
University Press ISBN 0-521-253268.
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Subject-specific ethical issues and case studies
Unit ill: Open Access and Scholarly Communication Tools
Open Access Publishing Models and Supporting Platforms: Gold, Green,
Hybrid models; SHERPA/RoMEO, DOAJ, arXiv, SSRN, and self-archiving
practices. Journal finder and journal suggestion tools
Tools for Identifying and Verifying Predat01y Journals: Cabells Predatory
Reports, Beall's List, and whitelist/indexing platforms such as Direct01y of
Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Scopus Source List, and Journal Citation
Reports (JCR).
Plagiarism detection software: tools, limitations, and responsible interpretation
of similarity reports
Good citation practices and responsible scholarly writing
Unit IV: Databases and Research Metrics
a. Databases
Indexing databases
Citation databases (Web of Science, Scopus, etc.)
b. Research Metrics
Journal Impact Factor and Journal Citation Reports
SNIP, SJR, IPP, CiteScore
Author metrics: h-index, g-index, il 0-index
Introduction to altmetrics
Responsible use and limitations of metrics
) Teaching methods to be used
Lectures, Guided discussions, Hands-on sessions, Case analysis,
Assignments/seminars, Assessment
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