Seminar at CIT

TEQIP-II & DRDO-INMAS Sponsored
Two day National Seminar on
Scientific Publication and Evaluation: Writing Research Papers, Citation Analysis and Plagiarism

27th & 28th October, 2015

Organized by

Department of Library, COIMBATORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CIT)

DRDO-Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi
&
Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS)

About the Seminar

Researchers publish their research findings mainly in the form of articles / papers in scientific and technical journals. Scientific papers are considered as an important indicator to measure the research output / performance of an individual, institution and also a county. This indicator directly linked to the career of an individual researcher and also an institution for getting funds, recognition etc. ‘Publish or Perish’ is the order of the day. There are several tasks involved in the process of publication such as contents of scientific paper, referencing styles and tools, citation databases, publishing ethics and plagiarism, choosing right journal, Impact Factor and H Index etc. This two day national seminar provides a platform to the participants to discuss all the above said issues.


Objectives of the Seminar

To understand the publishing process in science and technological journals

To discuss Bibliometrics / Scientometrics and its role to motivate faculty and students to publish their research papers
To understand citation analysis
To demonstrate the use of citation database
To discuss the issues related to plagiarism.

Topics to be Covered

Writing and publishing scientific papers
Bibliometrics and Scientometrics
Citation analysis of published work (Impact Factor (IF), H-Index, G-Index etc)
Citation Databases - Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar etc.
Mendeley - Reference management tool
Publishing Ethics and Plagiarism
Increasing visibility to published papers.

Resource Persons

Experts, publishers and experienced professionals in the fields ‘Bibliometrics and Scientometrics’ and ‘Scientific Publication and Evaluation’ from reputed institutions.

Target Audience

Faculty members from all disciplines, Research scholars, Librarians, LIS teachers and students. The number of seats is limited and the selection will be based on ‘first come first served’ basis.

Registration Fee:  Rs.400/-

Fee includes seminar kit, course materials, working lunch and refreshments.                   

The registration fee is to be paid through DD in favour of “The Principal, CIT” payable at “Coimbatore” and addressed to the “Organizing Secretary”.

Online payment details are available on request.

Last date for registration: 12th October, 2015.



Address for Correspondence

Dr.M.Mandhirasalam
Organizing Secretary & Librarian
Coimbatore Institute of Technology
(Government Aided Autonomous Institution)
Civil Aerodrome (Po), Coimbatore - 641 014.
Tamil Nadu, India.

Phone: 0422-2574071-72, Extn.355
Fax:  0422-2575020, Mobile: 98429 56585
E-Mail: citlibrary.cbe@gmail.com
Web: www.cit.edu.in