Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism is an unethical act that involves the previous use of someone else's ideas, processes, results, or words without proper acknowledgment of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author uses a large portion of their previously published work without proper referencing. This includes publishing the same manuscript in multiple journals or modifying a previously published manuscript with new data.

There are three types of plagiarism that are not allowed:

1. Complete Plagiarism: Presents previously published content without any changes to the text, ideas or grammar.

2. Partial Plagiarism: Creating a mixture of content from various sources, where the author has changed the text extensively.

3. Self-Plagiarism: Reusing complete or partial research from pre-publication research, including republishing previously published work in a new journal.

Authors submitting articles to journals are expected to ensure that they have written completely original work. If the author has used the work or words of others, appropriate citations or quotations should be included. In general, authors should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior. Authors should always give appropriate acknowledgment to the work of others and cite publications that were influential in determining the nature of the work reported.

Editors will run plagiarism checks using Turnitin on all submitted articles before sending them to reviewers. We do not process any plagiarized content, and articles found to have more than 25% plagiarism based on the inspection results will be rejected. The journal uses Mendeley or Endnotes as a reference management tool.

Compliance with this plagiarism policy is critical to maintaining the integrity and quality of the journal, and authors are urged to follow these guidelines carefully to ensure their work is properly attributed and acknowledged for its original contribution.