Introduction to philosophy: definition; nature & scope; concept; branches Ethics: definition; moral philosophy; nature of moral judgements & reactions
· 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
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· 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
Databases (3 hrs)
· Indexing databases
· Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.
Research Metrics (3 hrs)
· Impact Factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics