Screening Plagiarism

Journal Policy

The journal has a very strict policy regarding plagiarism.

  • Every submitted manuscript will be checked for similarity using Turnitin software.
  • The maximum allowable similarity index is 20%.
  • Manuscripts with a similarity index above 20% will be returned to the author for revision, or directly rejected (desk reject) if there is an indication of fatal plagiarism.
  • The author is fully responsible for the originality of the submitted work.