FYSJ9900 Research ethics and open science for physicists and chemists (2 cr)

- Ethical foundations of scientific research
- Responsible conduct of research

• according to TENK
• violations of responsible conduct
• forms of violations
• conscious avoidance of violations
• handling of alleged violations

- Questions specifically relevant to physics and chemistry

• data acquisition, archiving and analysis (experimental data, theoretical data, simulation data)
• choice and development of methods
• meaning of 'representative data'
• appropriate statistical analysis and justification of conclusions

- Publishing

• accuracy of documentation
• citing previous work
• anonymous peer review process
• ownership and authorship

- Open science in general: why?
- Open science in natural sciences: status now
- Open research culture
- Open access publication

• as endorsed by the university: practices and policies
• as endorsed or mandated by funding agencies
• as option offered by publishers

- Open access research data

• data repositories

- Open access or open source computer codes

• licenses and standards

- Appropriate use of open access materials
- Open science in education

After completing the study unit the student

• understands the key ethical principles and their foundations in science and in one’s own research field in particular
• can apply those principles to research in practice, including data acquisition, data analysis, choice of methods, documentation and publishing
• can utilize various tools of open science as relevant to natural sciences, following the policies of the university, funding agencies and publishers
• knows the appropriate use of open access research data, computer codes and other materials, understanding the meaning of licenses and standards.  

• Instructions of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK, tenk.fi)
• Open science in Finland (avointiede.fi/en)
  
• Instructions of the University (jyu.fi)
• Online materials of the course