Plagiarism Policy:
- Authors are responsible for ensuring that their works are original and that any content that is not wholly their own is fully acknowledged. The journal will use plag software to check manuscripts for plagiarism (i.e., replicating any content without acknowledgment and permission) and considers the authors' inclusion of plagiarised content to be misconduct.
- Any plagiarism changes brought to the board's attention, as well as instances that arise during the peer review process, will be thoroughly investigated. When such behavior is confirmed beyond a reasonable doubt, it is unacceptable and will be appropriately exposed. Self-plagiarism will be taken seriously as well. The authors or corresponding author will be required to sign an undertaking stating that the work has not been submitted elsewhere for publication, that the claimed new results are the author's own findings, and that all material taken from the existing literature has been properly acknowledged and referenced upon receipt of the manuscript.
- If plagiarism, duplication, or re-publication of previously published work in any language is discovered after the manuscript has been accepted or after publication, the case is referred to the journal editorial board, which conducts a comprehensive inspection while giving the concerned authors adequate opportunity to respond. The published article may be withdrawn if the author agreement is violated or if the researcher commits grave and unethical wrongdoing in relation to publishing the study.
- Only manuscripts with less than 10% plagiarised content will be accepted.
- The initial plagiarism check on the work will be free from our end, but if we request a revision for plagiarised text, only the second plagiarism check will be free. If it occurs more than twice, it will be charged INR 500 per time.
List of various possibilities concerning Plagiarism:
1. Copying of another’s work and submitting it as one’s own.
2. Copying of significant portions of the text from a single source.
3. Mixing copied material from multiple sources is termed patchwork copying which could range from 1-2 paragraphs to major portions consisting of various paragraphs.
4. Changing “keywords” and “phrases” but the essential content of the source remains the same.
5. Rephrasing the original wording of the text and submitting it as one’s own.
6. Combining slightly rephrased material from multiple sources and presenting what has been published already as original work.
7. The cited portions are not clearly identified, though they are cited.
Use of copied parts of the text without citation