Plagiarism Screening

Plagiarism is the act of presenting someone else’s work as one’s own, while self-plagiarism is the act of reusing the substantial parts of one’s own previously published work as original. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are unethical and violate ethical standards in scholarship. Jefore has a policy of “Zero Tolerance on Plagiarism”. Hence, manuscripts submitted to Jefore will be checked for originality using one of the most trusted plagiarism checkers, iThenticate, after submission and before starting the review. The manuscripts in which the plagiarism is detected are handled based on the extent of the plagiarism.

>5% plagiarism: The manuscript will be given an ID and the manuscript will be sent to the author for content revision.

5- 30% plagiarism: The manuscript will not be given an ID and the manuscript will be sent back to the author for content revision.

>30% plagiarism: The manuscript will be rejected without a review. The authors are advised to revise the manuscript and resubmit the manuscript.

In cases where plagiarism is suspected in a published article, the Editorial Team will conduct a preliminary investigation. If plagiarism is confirmed, the Journal will contact the author's institute and funding agencies. A determination of misconduct will lead the Journal to run a statement, bidirectionally linked online to and from the original paper, to note the plagiarism and to provide a reference to the plagiarized material. The paper containing the plagiarism will also be marked on each page of the article. Depending on the extent of the plagiarism, the paper may also be formally retracted.