RESEARCH PUBLICATION ETHICS

DR. N N JANI
MENTOR @ SKPIMCS, KSV UNIVERSITY
Hon. Exec. Director Green Field Knowledge Centre – initiative
of cluster of companies
 RESEARCH WITH ETHICS

• RESEARCH FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE GENERATION

• RESEARCH TO OUTPUT COGNITIVE PRODUCT
• RESEARCH WITH THE TRACK OF SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION
• RESEARCH BY HUMANS RAISE SIGNIFICANT ETHICAL CHALLENGES
 ETHICS

• ETHICS : A SYSTEM OF ACCEPTED BELIEFS THAT CONTROL BEHAVIOUR BASED ON

MORALS
• MORALITY : A SET OF SOCIAL STANDARDS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR AND CHARACTER,
QUALITY OF BEING HONEST
• SOCIAL ORDER IS ESTABLISHED BYLAWS REGULATED SOCIAL CONDUCT IN PUBLIC
• SOCIETY WORKS IN DIFFERENT GROUPS : ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, TECHNOLOGISTS,
SOCIAL SCIENTIST, LAW MAKERS, TRADERS AND MANAGERS, POLICE & MILITARY
FORCES ETC. OCCUPYING PUBLIC SPACES
 ETHICAL CONDUCT

• ETHICAL CONDUCT
• DICTATED WITHIN PERSONAL GROUP ACTIVITIES
• SPELT AS BEST PRACTICES
• FOLLOWED AS WRITTEN GUIDELINES
• IMPLEMENTATION AS PRACTICES
•
 RESEARCH – A CONCEPTUAL BREAKTHROUGH

• PERMANENT CONTRIBUTION OF KNOWLEDGE WITH ADDITION OF PAGE IN THE

HISTORY OF DOMAIN
• NEEDS MUCH DEEPER THINKING
• CONTRIBUTION NEEDS RECOGNITION AND ACCEPTANCE THROUGH PEERS REVIEW
• OUTPUT IS GENUINE, GREAT, HIGHEST QUALITY
• SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS ARE RARE
RESEARCH - APPLIED NATURED PROFESSIONAL
RESEARCH
• PROFESSION RESEARCH OF APPLIED NATURE WITH DEEPER THINKING
• PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ADDS NEW KNOWLEDGE
• RESEARCH OUTCOMES NEEDS JUSTIFICATION AND VALIDATION FOR ACCEPTANCE
• USUALLY HAVE LIMITED GOALS FOR IMPROVISATION AND ENHANCEMENT
• WITH REMARKABLE SOCIAL IMPACT
• KNOWLEDGE BECOMES PUBLISHABLE / PATENTABLE
 PATENTING PUBLISHING

• PATENTABLE KNOWLEDGE IS GENERATED FROM PROFESSIONAL / APPLIED

RESEARCH
• EARLIER MANTRA : MANTRA OF PUBLISH
• CURRENT MANTRA : MANTRA OF PATENT
• ETHICS IN MINDS, WORK AND PUBLISH / PATENT CULTURE
 RESEARCH INTEGRITY VIOLATIONS

• FALSIFICATIONS

• FABRICATIONS

• PLAGIARISMS
 PUBLICATION ETHICS VIOLATIONS

• DUPLICATE PUBLICATIONS - SELF PLAGIARISM

• COPIED PUBLICATION - PLAGIARISM

• IMPROPER AUTHORSHIP
 PUBLICATION - A STAGE OF RESEARCH

• RESEARCH EXTENDS HUMAN KNOWLEDGE BEYOND WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN

• EXTENDED KNOWLEDGE IS PUBLISHED IN REPUTED JOURNAL FOR GENERATED

KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION TO RESEARCH ASPIRANTS FOR FURTHER EXTENSION
AFTER ITS VALIDITY IS JUDGED WITH ACCEPTABILITY
• ETHICS RICH PUBLICATIONS IS A MUST
 RESPONSIBLE PUBLICATIONS

• PUBLICATIONS WITH ACCEPTABLE ETHICS

• PUBLICATIONS MAINTAINING ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS
• SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS TO PROVIDE DETAILED RECORD OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED
• RESPONSIBILITY OF RESEARCHER TO ENSURE THAT PUBLICATIONS ARE HONEST, CLEAR,
ACCURATE, COMPLETE AND BALANCED
• PUBLICATIONS TO REPORT ORIGINAL AND SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS WITH OWNERSHIP
• SCHOLARLY WORK IS PUBLISHED IN THE FORM OF RESEARCH PAPER AS RESEARCH
OUTPUT
 KNOWLEDGE ACCESS REPOSITORY

• PUBLICATIONS OF RESEARCH PAPERS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS BUILD

ESSENTIAL, COMPREHENSIBLE AND RELIABLE NETWORK OF RESEARCH SCHOLARS
WITH A KNOWLEDGE ACCESS AUTHENTIC REPOSITORY
• THE PROCESSES UNDERTAKEN IN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS ARE BUILT ON THE
PILLARS OF TRUST, HONESTY AND RELIABILITY WITHOUT FALSIFICATION,
FABRICATION AND MISREPRESENTATION
 HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR

• THE UNETHICAL ACT UNRELIABLE OR DISHONEST PUBLISHED WORK LOWERS

REPUTATION OF ALL CONNECTED STACK HOLDERS PRIMARILY AUTHOR AND THIS
SUFFERINGS USUALLY IMPACTS IN CASCADING MANNER

• STRICTLY FOLLOW HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR

 UNETHICAL ALERTS

• MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS - UNETHICAL AND ILLEGAL LEADS TO SELF PLAGIARISM

• SLICING COMPLETE WORK TO ENHANCE PUBLICATION COUNT IS UNDESIRABLE

• NEVER ATTEMPT TO SUGGEST KNOWN EXPERTS AS REVIEWERS OF YOUR WORK FOR

PUBLICATION
 RESEARCH PAPER TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE /
SCIENCE
• PUBLICATIONS MAY RESULT IN WHITE PAPER, REVIEW PAPER, RESEARCH ARTICLE,
RESEARCH PAPER

• RESEARCH PAPER IS SPECIFIC TYPE OF PUBLICATION THAT INVOLVES ORIGINAL

RESEARCH WORK FINDINGS AND PUBLISHED IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS FOR
PUBLICATION AFTER CRITICAL REVIEW TO GET VALIDITY ASSURANCE AND
RECOGNITION
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 MANUSCRIPT

• RESEARCH SCHOLARS MUST STRIVE FOR HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH PAPER THAT
GIVES VISIBILITY OF ADVANCEMENTS
• THE PILOT COPY OF RESEARCH PAPER FOR REVIEW SUBMISSION TO JOURNAL
EDITOR FOR INTENDED PUBLICATION TO GET PLACE IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL IS
MANUSCRIPT
• THE TITLE AND ABSTRACT ARE VITAL COMPONENTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT TO GIVE
NEEDED INPUT TO THE EDITOR. BASED ON THIS INPUT EDITOR MAKES A DECISION
WHETHER THE RESEARCH PAPER DESERVES TO ENTER REVIEW PROCESS OR NOT.
 TITLE & ABSTRACT

• TITLE TO SUMMARIZE THEME REFLECTING RESEARCHER’S CONTRIBUTION TO

THEORY UNDERLYING ADVANCEMENT / EXTENSION
• ABSTRACT IS CRAFTED CAREFULLY AND ENCOMPASSES THE AIM AND SCOPE OF
STUDY, THE KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM UNDERTAKEN TO ADDRESS UP TO TARGETED
EXTENT, METHOD AND DATA SETS USED, KEY FINDINGS WITH IMPLICATIONS,
POSSIBLY LIMITATIONS.
• SPECIAL CARE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN WHILE WRITING MANUSCRIPTS AS IT IS
SCRUNIZED BY EDITORIAL BOARD BEFORE IT IS SELECTED FOR REVIEW.
 MANUSCRIPT WRITING SPECIAL CARE

• THE LANGUAGE MUST NOT BE POOR

• PRESENTED TEXT BE ERROR FREE
• TEXT MUST UNDERSTANDABLE WITH CLARITY
• WRITE UP TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL IMAGE TO GIVE VALUE IN THE WORLD OF
PUBLISHING
 IMPACT FACTOR OF A JOURNAL

• IMPACT FACTOR OF A JOURNAL IS USED TO MEASURE THE PRESTIGE OF THE JOURNAL

• AVERAGE CITATIONS PER RESEARCH PAPER
• CITATION IS GIVING CREDIT TO ORIGINAL AUTHOR
• WHEN YOU ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE HAVE THE HEALTHY PRACTISE OF ORGANIZING
ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE WITH CITATIONS IN YOUR WRITE UP WRITTEN IN YOUR WORDS
• BUILD MIND SET TO CITE SOURCES OF REFERENCE TO SHOWCASE YOUR WORK PRECISELY
CLEARLY INDICATING OUTSIDE SUPPORT AS WELL TO DISTINGUISH YOUR IDEAS FROM OTHERS
GIVING BOUNDARY TO YOUR ORIGINAL WORK
 REFER PLAGIARISM WEBSITE

• WWW.PLAGIARISM .ORG
• THE REFERENCE TO THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE WILL EQUIP AUTHOR FOR QUALITY
WRITING WITH UTMOST CARE TAKING
• PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM
• RUNNING YOUR DOCUMENT THROUGH PLAGIARISM SCANNER TO REASSURE YOU THAT
YOUR WORK DOES NOT CONTAIN ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM
• INITIALLY FOR PLAGIARISM SCANNING VIPER CAN BE USED AS ALTERNATIVE TO TURNITIN
• USE TURNITIN SOFTWARE FOR FINAL CERTIFIED PLAGIARISM CHECK FOR ACCEPTANCE
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