Plagiarism Policy

The journal does not tolerate plagiarism or any form of unethical research and publication practice. The journal is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and publication ethics.
All submitted manuscripts undergo plagiarism screening using reliable plagiarism detection software before the peer-review process or prior to publication. The purpose of plagiarism screening is to ensure originality, proper attribution of sources, and compliance with ethical publishing standards.
Authors are fully responsible for ensuring that their submitted work is original and that all sources, ideas, data, and previously published materials are appropriately cited and acknowledged. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism, excessive similarity, duplicate publication, or other forms of academic misconduct may be rejected or retracted according to the severity of the violation.
The journal generally does not accept manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding 25%. However, the editorial decision is based not only on the similarity percentage but also on the nature of the matched content, including whether similarities arise from properly cited references, commonly used terminology, methodology descriptions, or unacceptable copying.
The journal follows the guidelines and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for handling plagiarism, duplicate publication, authorship disputes, unethical acknowledgements, citation manipulation, and other forms of misconduct.
In cases of suspected ethical violations or scientific misconduct, the journal reserves the right to investigate the matter, request explanations from authors, contact relevant institutions or organizations, and take appropriate actions, including rejection, correction, or retraction of published articles.
Authors must disclose any previous dissemination of their research findings, including publication of abstracts, conference proceedings, or partial results. Any such prior dissemination must be properly acknowledged in the manuscript.
By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors confirm that the work is original, has not been published elsewhere, and does not contain any form of plagiarism or unethical practice.