Dr Dinesh Kumar
First of all ethically considered Husband/Wife working in a department can
be coauthor of a research publication of the spouse working in another
department. As far as mandatory research publications in the form of
article as part of Ph D program, the Ph D candidate and the Guide or
Co-Guide or solely responsible for intellectual content. Further the
awarded Ph D thesis can be published in the name of the Research Candidate
only.
You have not mentioned in which university this is being considered as
academic misconduct? Whether that University has defined "What Academic
Research Misconduct" means. If this act falls within the scope of the
definition then no one can question it.
However there are plenty of examples in LIS only where blood relatives have
acted as Guides and Adjudicators for Ph D Thesis (leave Husband - Wife)
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Dinesh Kumar
Respected Sir/Madam
I require the information regarding publications in PhD. In the university setup, Faculty member is working in Department A, and his wife is Doing PhD in Department B. My questions in this regards are
S. No.
Question
Answer (Yes/No)
1.
Can the Faculty member working in Department A be a Co-author in publication of his wife for award of PhD??
2.
If answer of first question is no.
Then can this be considered as “Academic Misconduct” by the faculty member working in department A?
And the copy of rule is required Dr. Dinesh Kumar Library In-charge and Library Assistant Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab.