Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism is the act of using another person's ideas, words, data, figures, or other creative work without appropriate acknowledgment. It is a serious violation of academic and publication ethics and may also constitute a breach of copyright law.

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• Copying text word-for-word or paraphrasing substantial portions of another author's work without appropriate citation.
• Using figures, tables, images, or equations from other sources without appropriate acknowledgment or permission where required.
• Presenting another person's ideas, data, findings, or intellectual contributions as one's own.
• Reusing substantial portions of one's own previously published work without appropriate acknowledgment or disclosure.

Plagiarism Screening

All submitted manuscripts may be screened using Turnitin or other appropriate plagiarism-detection tools to assess textual similarity and support academic integrity.

The similarity report is assessed by the editorial team in context. A similarity score alone does not automatically constitute plagiarism, as legitimate quotations, references, commonly used technical terminology, and standard methodological descriptions may contribute to similarity.

Handling Plagiarism

If plagiarism or substantial unattributed overlap is identified before publication, the manuscript may be rejected or returned to the authors for explanation and corrective action, depending on the nature and severity of the case.

If plagiarism or other serious publication misconduct is discovered after publication, the journal may take appropriate action, including publishing a correction, issuing an expression of concern, or retracting the article in accordance with the journal's publication ethics and retraction policies.