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.

 

I. Plagiarism Policy

 

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).

 

II. Conflict of Interest

 

Authors, Reviewers, and Editors must disclose any relationships that could influence the outcome of the research or the peer review process.

Author Disclosure

• Authors must disclose any financial, non-financial, or other substantive conflicts of interest that may have influenced the results presented or their interpretation.
• If there are no conflicts of interest, the authors should clearly state in the manuscript's dedicated section (usually after the Conclusions):
  "Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest regarding this study, including financial, personal, authorship or other, which could influence the research and its results presented in this article."
• Materials with a commercial advertising nature are strictly prohibited from publication in the journal.

Reviewer and Editor Responsibilities

• Reviewers and Editors are also required to disclose any conflicts of interest and must recuse themselves from evaluating manuscripts where such conflicts exist.

Post-Publication Correction

• If a significant error or inaccuracy is discovered in a published article, the author must promptly inform the Editorial Board and cooperate fully in retracting or correcting the article (issuing an Erratum or Corrigendum).