Plagiarism Policy
How IJPR defines plagiarism and self-plagiarism, screens every submission with similarity-detection software, and responds where plagiarism is found before or after publication.
Definition
Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else's prior ideas, processes, results, or words without explicit acknowledgment of the original author and source. We define plagiarism as any case in which a paper reproduces another work with any trace of similarity and without due citation. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author reuses a large part of their own previously published work without appropriate references — this can range from publishing essentially the same manuscript in multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with some new data.
IJPR is a peer-reviewed, indexed journal publishing print and online content since 2013, and is strictly opposed to any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. Plagiarism is said to have occurred when large portions of a manuscript have been copied from existing, previously published resources.
Detection at Submission
All manuscripts submitted for publication to IJPR are cross-checked for their similarity index using current plagiarism-detection software (iThenticate). Manuscripts found to be plagiarized during the initial stages of review are rejected outright and not considered for publication in the journal.
Investigation After Publication
Where a manuscript is found to be plagiarized after publication, the Editor-in-Chief conducts a preliminary investigation, if necessary with the help of a committee constituted for the purpose. If the manuscript is found to be plagiarized beyond acceptable limits, the journal will contact the author's institute, college, university, and funding agency, if any. A determination of misconduct leads IJPR to run a statement, bi-directionally linked online to and from the original paper, noting the plagiarism and providing a reference to the plagiarized material. The paper containing the plagiarism is also marked as such on every page of its PDF. Depending on the extent of plagiarism found, the paper may also be formally retracted.
Types of Plagiarism
IJPR recognizes the following categories of plagiarism:
- Full plagiarism — previously published content reproduced without any changes to the text, ideas, or grammar; this involves presenting exact text from a source as one's own.
- Partial plagiarism — content drawn from multiple different sources where the author has extensively rephrased the text.
- Self-plagiarism — where an author reuses the whole or part of their own previously published research; complete self-plagiarism occurs where an author republishes their own previously published work in a new journal.
Every manuscript submitted to IJPR is screened with iThenticate similarity-checking software before it enters peer review, and manuscripts found to be plagiarized at that stage are rejected outright.
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