Plagiarism Policy

As part of the editorial process, all submitted manuscripts undergo plagiarism screening conducted by the quality control management.

Plagiarism occurs when an author endeavors to present someone else's work as their own. Duplicate publication, also known as self-plagiarism, happens when an author reuses significant portions of their previously published work without proper references. This can range from submitting an identical paper to multiple journals to salami-slicing, where authors incrementally add small amounts of new data to a prior article.

Manuscripts in which plagiarism is detected are handled based on the extent of the plagiarism.

10% Plagiarism: The manuscript will be returned to the author for content revision, and the revised article is resubmitted for processing in the journal.

10-25% Plagiarism: The manuscript will be returned to the author for content revision, and the revised article is resubmitted for processing in the journal.

25-40% Plagiarism: The manuscript will be rejected without review. Authors are advised to revise the manuscript and then resubmit.

Plagiarism can manifest in various forms, including:

• Copying exact content from another source.

• Intentionally incorporating portions of another author's paper.

• Reproducing elements of another author's writing, such as figures, tables, equations, or illustrations that are not common knowledge, or intentionally using content without citing the source.

• Using text downloaded from internet sources.

• Copying or downloading figures, photographs, or diagrams without acknowledging the sources.

***Plagiarism is regarded as a violation of academic integrity and a breach of journalistic ethics.