All submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism using StrikePlagiarism software. The journal strictly upholds the principles of academic integrity and ensures the originality of every submission. The Editorial Board follows the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines for identifying, investigating, and responding to plagiarism cases.

 

Academic plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the following violations:

• Text Plagiarism: Copying text, phrases, or sentences without appropriate citation and quotation marks.
• Idea Plagiarism: Claiming ownership of another researcher’s original ideas, hypotheses, or theoretical frameworks.
• Data Plagiarism: Reusing or misrepresenting data, figures, or results from other works without explicit acknowledgment.
• Self-Plagiarism (Text Recycling): Reusing one’s own previously published content or significant portions thereof without proper citation of the original source.
• Mosaic Plagiarism: Merging copied phrases from different sources with minimal or cosmetic modifications to conceal the original source.
• Unauthorized Co-authorship: Listing individuals as co-authors who did not meet the authorship criteria or contribute substantially to the work.

Policy Implementation

• Pre-Publication (Initial Screening): If plagiarism is detected during initial screening, the manuscript will be desk-rejected immediately without the option for resubmission.
• Post-Publication: If plagiarism is identified after publication, the journal will:
  • Retract the article (Issue a formal Retraction Notice).
  • Notify relevant institutions (authors' employers or funding bodies).
  • Ban future submissions from the responsible authors (temporarily or permanently).

Recommendations for Authors

• Check your manuscript for plagiarism before submission (including self-plagiarism/text recycling).
• Cite all sources used, including preprints, dissertations, conference papers, and institutional reports.
• When reusing your own text or results, cite the original publication explicitly and clearly explain the extent of reuse.
• Avoid duplicate publication and redundant submissions (submitting the same or highly similar content to multiple journals simultaneously).