Controlling and handling plagiarism

Requirements for authors to avoid plagiarism

  • Authors warrant that they have written the original article; If they use other people's works, there must be clear, detailed citations and in some special cases, the consent of the individual who owns that work is required.
  • Authors strictly follow the instructions on how to cite and list references issued by the journal;
  • Authors are personally responsible for the content and the academic integrity of the article.

Detection of plagiarism

  • To check and detect plagiarism, reviews need to evaluate and provide advice to the Editor-in-chief on the academic integrity of submitted articles.
  • The journal uses methods and software programs to checks for plagiarism, including iThenticate before articles are approved by the Editor-in-chief for publication.
  • Articles are considered plagiarized if they violate the provisions specified in Article 3 of this regulation or the similarity percentage exceeds 30% and single-source similarity percentage does not exceed 2% using iThenticate.

Handling of plagiarism

  • The comments of reviewers and the similarity percentage detected by iThenticate are the basis for the journal to determine whether the similarity is acceptable or not.
  • For articles that violate plagiarism related to citations, authors are responsible for strictly following the instructions on how to cite and list references issued by the journal.
  • For articles that seriously violate plagiarism related to content, the journal declines.

For articles that have been approved for publication but are found plagiary, the authors are responsible for working with the journal to withdraw or edit the article if the Editor-in-chief considers it necessary, and at the same time the author is responsible for plagiarism of the article.