Screening for Plagiarism

All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to do the similarity checking. Editors will check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal by using Turnitin software.

The manuscripts in which plagiarism is detected are handled based on the extent of plagiarism present in the manuscript.

<15% similarity or plagiarism - The manuscript is assigned to further process and it is immediately sent back to the authors for content revision.
15–30% similarity or plagiarism - The manuscript is NOT assigned for further process d it is immediately sent back to the authors for revision.
>30% similarity or plagiarism - The manuscript is rejected without editorial review. The authors are advised to revise the plagiarized parts of the manuscript and resubmit it as a fresh manuscript.