Research ethics in social science is important not only when conducting research but also at the time of publishing it. It is one of the crucial pillars for maintaining scientific integrity and credibility. The responsibility to implement fair practices lies with researchers, Universities/Institutions, and publishers. “Research and Publication Ethics” to be made compulsory for all Ph. D students for pre-registration course work. It was mandated by the UGC in its 543rd meeting [D.O. No.F.1-1/2018 (Journal/CARE)] as a two-credit course. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: 1. Cover the entire syllabus recommended by the UGC as two credit mandatory courses. 2. General instructions about use of Plagiarism software iThenticate for plagiarism detection. 3. Information about predatory journals and false impact factors. 4. Aware our researcher about Open-Source Software. 5. Incorporated the representative Journal list from UGC-CARE (Listed in Group-I) (updated till May 2021) 6. Provides additional information about reference writing using APA 7th edition. 7. Ways of Journal Selection.

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