Research and Publication Ethics (RPE)

Week

Module

Unit

Week 1

RPE 01: Philosophy and Ethics

·         Introduction to Philosophy

·         Origin of Philosophy

·         Characteristics of Philosophy

·         Common sense and Philosophy

·         Relationship between  Philosophy & Science

Week 2

RPE 02: Scientific Conduct

·         Integrity  and Ethics

·         Ethics with Respect to Science & Research

·         Intellectual Honesty & Research Integrity: Scientific Misconducts & Redundant Publications

·         Selective Reporting and Misrepresentation of data

Week 3

RPE 03: Publication Ethics

·         Publication Ethics,

·         Best Practices/Standards Setting

·         Initiatives & Guidelines: COPE, WAME etc.

·         Conflict of Interest; Publication Misconduct

·         Violation of Publication Ethics, Authorship and Contributorship; Identification of Publication Misconduct, Complacent & Appeals

·         Predatory Publishers & Journals

Week 4

RPE 04: Open Access Publishing

·         Concept of OER

·         Concept of open license

·         Open access publishing

·         Open access content management

Week 5

RPE 05: Publication Misconduct

·         Publication Misconduct

·         Ethical issues in various Disciplines

·         Fabrication, Falsification and Plagiarism (FFP)

·         Authorshp : Definition and types

·         Conflict of Interest

·         Complaints and Appeals

·         Software Tools

Week 6

RPE 06: Database and Research Metrics

·         Indexing Databases

·         Citation Databases : Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar

·         Metrics : h-index, g-ind,  i10 index, Almetrics

·         Understanding Citation Metrics for Quality Research: Impact & Visualization Analysis

·         Exploring the Citation Network

·         Rules & Tools

Week 7

UGC Regulations 2018 on Academic Integrity

·         UGC Regulations-Meaning & concept

·         Legal Provisions

Week 8

Revision and Assessment

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