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Chemistry 329: Research Ethics and Data Analysis Skills

Course Level: 
Third Year
Academic Year: 
2020/2021

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Date

Topic

1

Jan. 14

Introductory remarks

2

21

Research from Start to Publication: Hypothesis, Data Collection,  Notebooks, Authorship, Peer-review, Impact Factors, Output Metrics, Citations, Prizes

3

28

Misconduct: Errors, Misrepresentation, Fabrication, Falsification, Investigation, Sanctions, UBC Policies, Policies of funding agencies,

4

Feb. 4

Peer Review Case Studies

5

11

High Profile Cases: Blunders and Fakes

 

18 (break)

 

6

25

High Profile Cases cont’d

7

Mar. 4

Retraction case studies

8

11

Retraction watch activity

9

18

Grant writing

10

25

Notebooks, Intellectual Property, Patents, Commercialization, University-Industry Liaison

11

Apr. 1

Guest Lecture

12

8

Guest Lecture

 

 

Detailed Topics - :

 

#2 Rosalind Franklin, guidelines for authorship, measuring output with citations, publications, h-indices