The second day of the 5-Day Faculty Development Program (FDP) at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Ghaziabad was held on June 21, 2025, and focused on building awareness around ethical publishing practices and enhancing academic writing skills.
Led by Dr. Sumit Narula, Dean at Bennett University, the session explored the pressing issue of predatory, cloned, and fake journals. Dr. Narula offered practical strategies for identifying legitimate publication platforms by analyzing indexing status, editorial board credibility, and red flags in call-for-paper emails. Participants also learned to detect fraudulent impact factors—an area of growing concern in academia—by examining common manipulation tactics used to mislead researchers.
A highlight of the day was the hands-on workshop on Reference Management Tools like Zotero and Mendeley. This session provided insights into managing citations effectively, creating bibliographies, and avoiding plagiarism through structured referencing workflows.
The session proved crucial in strengthening the scholarly publishing journey of participating faculty members, enhancing their ability to contribute to high-quality and ethically sound research.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Identify and avoid predatory or fake journals
- Verify the credibility of impact factors and indexing
- Understand deceptive publishing practices in academia
- Use reference management software (Zotero, Mendeley) for citation accuracy
- Apply best practices to avoid plagiarism in academic writing
Faculty Coordinators:
- Dr. Anubha, Professor
- Dr. Ajay Tripathi, Professor
- Dr. Devi Archana Mohanty, Associate Professor
- Dr. Himanshu Sharma, Assistant Professor
