Plagiarism Policy
Manuscripts submitted to CSRID Journal will be screened for plagiarism using plagiarism detection tools. Additionally, we check for plagiarism using Copyscape. CSRID will immediately reject any manuscript that exhibits plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
CSRID Journal's plagiarism policy requires authors to submit manuscripts with a plagiarism level of less than 20%.
Definition of Plagiarism:
"Plagiarism is the use of another person's published or unpublished ideas or words (or other intellectual property) without proper attribution or permission, presenting them as new and original rather than derived from an existing source. The intent and effect of plagiarism are to mislead the reader about the plagiarist’s contribution. This applies whether the ideas or words are taken from abstracts, research grant applications, Institutional Review Board applications, or unpublished or published manuscripts in any form of publication. Plagiarism is a scientific misconduct and should be treated as such."
Self-Plagiarism:
Self-plagiarism refers to the practice of an author using portions of their own previous writings on the same topic in another publication without properly citing the original work. This practice is widespread and sometimes unintentional, as there are limited ways to describe the same concepts multiple times, particularly in the methods section of an article. While this typically violates copyright agreements with publishers, there is no consensus on whether it constitutes scientific misconduct or how much reuse is acceptable before it is considered actual plagiarism. For this reason, self-plagiarism is generally not equated with plagiarizing the ideas or words of others. If a journal has developed a policy on self-plagiarism, it should be clearly stated for authors.
Types of Plagiarism:
-
Direct Plagiarism: The verbatim copying of text without attribution.
-
Mosaic Plagiarism: Borrowing ideas and opinions from an original source while copying some words or phrases verbatim without crediting the author.
Reporting Plagiarism
Authors can follow these steps to report plagiarism:
-
Notify the editor of the journal where the plagiarized article was published.
-
Submit both the original and plagiarized articles, highlighting the plagiarized sections.
-
If the evidence of plagiarism is convincing, the editor should arrange a disciplinary meeting.
-
The editor of the plagiarizing journal should communicate with the editor of the journal containing the original article to resolve the issue.
-
The plagiarist should be asked to provide an explanation.
-
If no response is received within a specified time or the explanation is unsatisfactory, the article should be permanently retracted.
-
The author should be blacklisted from submitting articles to the journal for a minimum of five years.
-
The head of the relevant institution should be informed.
Plagiarism can be detected using Google search engines or specialized software such as iThenticate or Turnitin.
