Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism Policy
The conference applies a zero-tolerance policy to plagiarism. Every submission is screened using industry-standard similarity-detection tools before peer review.
Definition
Plagiarism includes:
- Verbatim copying of text without quotation marks and citation
- Paraphrasing of others' ideas without attribution
- Self-plagiarism (reuse of one's own published work without citation)
- Duplicate publication of the same data or analysis
- Use of images, figures or data without permission and citation
Screening procedure
- Every submission is processed through similarity detection at the desk-check stage.
- An overall similarity score is calculated (excluding bibliography and quoted material).
- Reports are reviewed by the handling editor.
Similarity thresholds
- โค 20% โ proceed to peer review
- 20โ30% โ manual review of matched sections; clarification requested from authors
- > 30% โ manuscript returned to authors for substantial revision or rejected
Actions on confirmed plagiarism
- Before publication: rejection of the manuscript and notification to the corresponding author's institution at the editor's discretion.
- After publication: a correction notice, expression of concern or retraction is issued in line with COPE retraction guidelines.
Self-plagiarism
Authors must cite their own previous work where reused, including conference proceedings, preprints and theses.
