Journal of Scientific Temper releases Special Issue on RISFreM 2022

Journal of Scientific Temper releases Special Issue on RISFreM 2022

Vol 10 (1&2), January-June 2022, 1-131.

As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Jawaharlal Nehru University organised an international conference on the "Role of Indian Science in Freedom Movement (RISFreM 2022)" in collaboration with Vijnana Bharati, CSIR-NIScPR (CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research), New Delhi, and Vigyan Prasar on 28 February 2022 and 1 March 2022. Though Indian scientists faced several hurdles, they managed to maintain a subtle edge over the British and build ties with scientists abroad to develop science and technology. Their scientific temperament helped them to pave the path for themselves. The purpose of the conference was to raise awareness and generate scholarly evidence regarding Indians' contributions to science cultivation, scientific societies, institutions, industries, and in fighting British colonialism. During the conference, authors presented the papers pertaining to the theme of the conference, out of which a few selected papers are being presented in the Journal of Scientific Temper. Hope, the special issue will encourage the scholars and readers as well.

Table of Contents

Articles

• Science for Freedom: Exploring Scientists' Role in Freedom Movement | Satvir Singh
• Science as a Tool for Subjugation: An Analysis of British Rule in India | Madhav Govind & Nikhil Yadav
• Establishing Colonial Hegemony through Science: A Study of British India and Robinson's Mars Trilogy | Aditya Raj & Stuti Prasad
• Scientific Racism Faced by Indian Fingerprint Scientists during Colonial Rule: Need to Correct a Historical Wrong | G.S. Sodhi & Jasjeet Kaur
• Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray and Quest for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Colonial India | Anup Kumar Das & Bidyarthi Dutta
• Indian Science and Technology during the Freedom Struggle: A 'Science Diplomacy' Perspective | Hemant Kumar & Namrata
• Science Diplomacy and Indian Freedom Movement: A Retrospective View of Events during the 1870s-1940s | Shreedhar Kanagarajan & Reeta Sony
• Growth of Scholarly Societies and Their Activities in Pre-Independent India: A Reconnaissance | Manorama Tripathi & Anup Kumar Das
• Ecocentric Approach of Science from the Perspective of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore: Exploring Sustainability and Ethics amidst British Colonialism | Sabareesh P.A. & Reeta Sony A.L.

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Special issue of journal Science Communication devoted to Sharon Dunwoody

Special Issue of Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice

Communicating Complexity: In Honor of Sharon Dunwoody

Guest Editors: Lee Ann Kahlor and Robert J. Griffin

Editor-in-Chief: Susanna Priest

Call for Papers

Sharon Dunwoody was a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose scholarly excellence, down-to-earth demeanor, and generous personality were absolutely critical to the emergence of science journalism and science communication as areas of global scholarship. She passed away on February 4, 2022. For more on her life, please see here. Sharon was a former science writer who spent the majority of her career as a scholar and professor teaching science and environmental writing and conducting research on the communication of science, environment, and health. She published works on all aspects of this area of mass communication. Her most recent research concentrated on how individuals use information to inform judgments about environmental and health risks. Sharon once described her specialty as "explaining complicated stuff in writing." She published extensively in peer-reviewed journals (including Science Communication) on a broad array of topics ranging from informal science education to credible sources for scientific news to psycho-social predictors and moderators of risk information seeking and processing. 

Research articles accepted for this issue will build on Sharon's academic work and contributions. They should be based on both theory and empirical evidence from quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods approaches. We publish two types of peer-reviewed research papers, full research articles (usually 7-9000 words) and research notes (usually 4-6000 words, presenting emerging insights). We also publish a limited number of commentary articles, which can present personal experiences and viewpoints (around 3000 words, not peer reviewed). Queries about the "fit" of your idea are welcome. All research papers will undergo a version of our regular review process; commentary receives editorial review only. (Our acceptance rate for research is around 15%; special issue rates are typically slightly higher.) All contributions must relate directly to science communication, broadly defined to include most topics in environmental and health communication. The following themes are only suggestions, offered as "food for thought":

● New approaches to communicating complex ideas

● Interactions between scientists and journalists, other communicators

● Roles of scientists in public or professional communication

● Science communication research in the age of misinformation

● Information seeking, sharing, and processing in decision making

● Inequities and other social factors affecting access to risk information

● Communication and the social construction of risk

Try to make clear in your manuscript how the paper is connected to Sharon's work, whether through citation, notation, or discussion; this can probably be quite brief in many cases. If you had a personal connection with her (such as student, collaborator, or colleague), feel free to include mention of that in your biography file (see submission directions at the site). However, this call is not limited to people who knew her directly. Our journal's submission site is mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sc. Submission deadline for this issue is September 15, 2022; earlier submission is encouraged, while late submissions and those requiring extensive revisions may be accepted on a space-available basis or considered for a future regular issue. Please be certain to add the phrase "DUNWOODY ISSUE" at the beginning of your title (to be removed for publication). For questions, you may contact any of us directly at editorscicom@gmail.com (Susanna), robert.griffin@marquette.edu (Robert), or kahlor@austin.utexas.edu (Lee Ann).

CfPs: Open Science Conference South Asia 2022, 5-8 September | Virtual and Bengaluru, India

Open Science South Asian Network (OSSAN) Conference 

5-8 September 2022

Bengaluru, India | Virtual 

DST – Centre for Policy Research at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, is organising the Open Science South Asian Network (OSSAN) Conference from 5th to 8th September 2022. The conference will host keynote lectures, workshops, and panel discussions to provide a unique forum for researchers, librarians, practitioners, infrastructure providers, policymakers, and other important stakeholders to discuss the latest and future developments in Open Science, especially for the global south. We are especially looking for contributions from young scholars (PhD, post-doc). There is no registration fee. The conference would happen online between 5-8 September 2022. Please check the conference website for Further Details.

 We are inviting papers on the following Themes:

• Democratisation of Science
• Citizen science
• Traditional knowledge on open platform
• Open archives
• Open science infrastructure
• Responsible Research assessment 
• Open Access, Open research data, Open Source
• Open Science in Social sciences and humanities
• Open Science frameworks and policies

The Deadline for submissions of extended abstracts is August 16, 2022. More information on the Call for Papers can be found here. This whole event is funded by CS&S. This call can be shared with researchers who might be interested in applying. For queries, you may reach out to us at conference.ossan@gmail.com. For further details on the project please visit the project website: https://ossan2022.net. OSSAN Conference Organizing Committee

Just Launched "Evaluation of Science Indicators of Public Funded R&D Institutions: Report on Public Funded R&D Organisations"

Evaluation of Science Indicators of Public Funded R&D Institutions

Published by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India, in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), 2022.

• Report on Public Funded R&D Organisations, Volume 1
• Report on Public Funded R&D Organisations, Volume 2

Table of Contents

• Section 1 - Overview of the Study
• Section 2 - Findings - Innovation Excellence Indicators
• Section 3 - Performance of Public Funded R&D institutions
• Section 4 - Appendices

This framework for assessment of innovation excellence of the public funded R&D institutions has been developed with the following objectives:

• To infuse a spirit of competition among these institutions with a view to improve their outcomes
• To determine whether the scientific institutions are working as per their mandate, or mandate itself needs a revision in line with present priorities, and technologies
• To assess required interventions for improvement
• To ascertain whether these institutions are delivering outcome-oriented R&D
• To assess the productivity of India's research institutions in terms of optimal utilization of public funds
• To derive actionable policy recommendations from the assessments.

Download: Volume 1 | Volume 2

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UGC Course on Research and Publication Ethics (RPE) | Essential Readings and Supplementary Readings | PhD Course Work

Essential Readings

• Suber, P. (2012). Open Access. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.
• Resnik, D.B. (2011). What Is Ethics in Research & Why Is it Important. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, I-10.   
• National Academy of Sciences, National academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine (2009). On Being a Scientist: A Guide of Responsible Conduct in Research: Third Edition, National Academies Press.
• Madalli, D.P. (2015). Concepts of Openness and Open Access. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 2. Paris: UNESCO.
• Maclntyre, Alasdair (1967). A Short History of Ethics. London.
• Kanjilal, U. & Das, A.K. (2015). Introduction to Open Access. UNESCO Curriculum for Library Schools, Module 1. Paris: UNESCO.
• INSA (2019). Ethics in Science Education, Research and Governance, Edited by K. Muralidhar, A. Ghosh, & A.K. Singhvi. New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy. ISBN: 9788193948217.
• Das, A.K. (2015). Research Evaluation Metrics. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 4. Paris: UNESCO.
• Das, A.K. & Mishra, S. (2014). Genesis of Altmetrics or Article-level Metrics for Measuring Efficacy of Scholarly Communications: Current Perspectives. Journal of Scientometric Research, 3(2): 82-92.
• Chaudhari, N. & Baliga, V. (2015). Intellectual Property Rights. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 3. Paris: UNESCO.
• Chaddah, P. (2018). Ethics in Competitive Research: Do Not Get Scooped; To Not         Plagiarized. ISBN: 9789387480865
• Bird, A. (2006). Philosophy of Science. Routledge. 

Supplementary Readings

• ICMR (2017). National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research Involving Human Participants. New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research.
• Indian Sociological Society (2020). ISS Code of Ethics. New Delhi: Indian Sociological Society. 
• PSA (2019). Draft National Policy on Academic Ethics. New Delhi: Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India.
• The InterAcademy Partnership (2022). Report: Combatting Predatory Academic Journals and Conferences. Trieste: The InterAcademy Partnership.
• UGC (2019). Consortium for Academic Research and Ethics (CARE). New Delhi: University Grants Commission.
• UGC (2020). Good Academic Research Practices. New Delhi: University Grants Commission.
• UNESCO (2021). UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. Paris: UNESCO.
• Das, A.K. (2008). Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives - the South Asian Scenario. New Delhi: UNESCO, ISBN 9788189218218.
• Das, A.K. (2015). Scholarly Communications. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 1. Paris: UNESCO.
• Das, A.K. (2019). Research Integrity in the Context of Responsible Research and Innovation Framework. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 39(2): 82-86.
• Das, A.K. (2020). UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science: An Upcoming Milestone in Global Science. Science Diplomacy Review, 2(3): 39-43.
• Mishra, S. & Das, A.K. (2015). Sharing your Work in Open Access. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 5. Paris: UNESCO.
• Nisha, F., Das, A.K. & Tripathi, M. (2020). Stemming the Rising Tide of Predatory Journals and Conferences: A Selective Review of Literature. Annals of Library and Information Studies, 67(3): 173-182.
• Smith, I. (2015). Open Access Infrastructure. UNESCO Curriculum for Library Schools, Module 2. Paris: UNESCO.
• Bealt, J. (2012). Predatory Publishers Are Corrupting Open Access. Nature, 489(7415),179-179. 

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IIC-ICSI Talk on "The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us" | 5 August at IIC New Delhi, India

INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A LECTURE IIC Diamond Jubilee Digital Governance Lecture   The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us Speaker: Dr. Neeta Verma, former  Director General, National Informatics Centre  Chair: Shri Tallen Kumar, Member Finance, Space Commission and formerly CEO, the Government eMarket Place. On Friday, 5 August 2022  at 6:30 pm In SEMINAR Rooms II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC, New Delhi, India Tea will be served at 6.00 pm (Outside Seminar Hall)                                                                                                                         About the talk :  Omnipresent Nature of Data & How it Influences Us? Over 5 billion people in the world are using the Internet for little less than 7 hours a day on an average . People connect to the internet for a wide variety of purposes, be it access to information, communication, entertainment, shopping , healthcare, education,skilling, jobs, travel, tourism, finance , banking and also working from home as well as looking for jobs. These interactions generate huge amounts of data per minute. Recommendations, suggestions, pricing,  special offerings, all use data in a big way. Availability of cloud computing, coupled with data science and AI making it possible to analyse this data in real time and generate insights. These insights are increasingly used by digital platforms to influence our lives in many ways. It helps in enhancing user experience, customer satisfaction , offering personalised services to users. Data and its influence is becoming so pervasive and often we do not even realise how it's changing our thought process, influencing our opinion and so on. How do we conduct ourselves online to keep ourselves safe and free from biases?

(Collaboration: Information and Communication Society of India (ICSI), New Delhi)