Plagiarism Policy
In scientific publishing, plagiarism arises when the author uses the scientific material of another author without permission, credit, or acknowledgement. Plagiarism, where someone assumes another’s ideas, words, or other creative expression, clearly violates scientific ethics. Plagiarism may also involve a violation of copyright law. Plagiarism takes different forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing another work.
Plagiarism includes the following:
- Copying sections of another author's work verbatim or nearly verbatim, or intentionally paraphrasing them without explicitly citing the source or labeling the copied section with quotation marks, are examples of plagiarism.
- The act of duplicating equations, figures, or tables from another person's paper without correctly referencing the source and/or without obtaining permission from the original author or copyright holder is unacceptable.
This practice is unethical and is not acceptable under any circumstances. All papers submitted must contain original material.
The procedure for publishing papers before publication requires that every manuscript be checked for plagiarism. We check the manuscript for plagiarism three times: the first time during submission, the second time following positive reviews, and the final time prior to acceptance. Manuscripts undergo a plagiarism check using the iThenticate software. Any manuscript with indications of plagiarism will be automatically rejected per the Retraction Policy of COMDEM.
