Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism is an unethical practice of copying ideas, processes, results, or words of others without explicitly citing the original source and author. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author reuses substantial parts of their previously published work without proper citation. This may range from submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with only minor new data.

Types of Plagiarism

1. Full Plagiarism:
Content previously published without any modification to text, ideas, or grammar is considered full plagiarism. This involves presenting identical text from a source as if it were the author’s original work.

2. Partial Plagiarism:
If the content is a combination of multiple sources, where the author has extensively modified the text, it is considered partial plagiarism.

3. Self-Plagiarism:
When an author reuses all or part of their previously published research without proper citation, it is regarded as self-plagiarism. Complete self-plagiarism occurs when an author republishes their previously published work in a new journal.

Important Notes

1. Full plagiarism, partial plagiarism, and self-plagiarism are strictly prohibited.

2. Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original, and any use of others’ work and/or words must be properly cited or quoted.

3. Authors should not submit manuscripts that essentially report the same research to more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

4. Proper acknowledgment of others’ work must always be provided. Authors should cite publications that have influenced the nature of the reported work.

Plagiarism Screening

Plagiarism is assessed during the initial screening by the Editor-in-Chief using Turnitin. Manuscripts must have a similarity score of less than 20% to proceed to further review. Manuscripts with a similarity score exceeding 20% will be rejected.