Screening for Plagiarism

The Journal is firmly committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity and publication ethics. Plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited and constitutes a serious violation of ethical publishing principles.

Plagiarism is defined as the use, reproduction, or appropriation of another person’s ideas, data, words, or intellectual property without proper acknowledgment or citation. This includes, but is not limited to, direct plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, paraphrasing without attribution, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, and data fabrication or falsification.

All manuscripts submitted to the Journal are subject to plagiarism screening using internationally recognized similarity detection software (e.g., Turnitin, iThenticate). The acceptable similarity index must not exceed the threshold determined by the Journal, with particular attention to excluding references, methodological standard phrases, and legally acceptable overlaps.

Manuscripts identified as containing unacceptable levels of similarity or evidence of unethical publication practices will be rejected immediately without peer review. In cases where plagiarism is discovered after publication, the Journal reserves the right to take appropriate corrective actions, including issuing corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions in accordance with COPE guidelines.

Authors are fully responsible for ensuring the originality of their work and for properly citing all sources used. Submission of a manuscript implies that the work is original, has not been published previously, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

The Journal maintains 20%-tolerance policy toward plagiarism and unethical academic conduct. Any violation may result in sanctions against the author(s), including manuscript rejection, blacklisting for future submissions, and notification to the author’s affiliated institution when deemed necessary.