Plagiarism Policy

JIPAI regards plagiarism as a serious breach of publication ethics. This policy follows the COPE guidelines.

Definition. Plagiarism is the use of other people's ideas, words, data, tables, or figures without proper attribution. It includes verbatim copying, close paraphrasing without citation, and self-plagiarism, which means reusing one's own previously published work without citing it, or submitting the same work to several journals.

Screening. Every submitted manuscript is screened with Turnitin before being sent for peer review (see Plagiarism Checker). The similarity report is evaluated by the editor.

Threshold. A similarity index above 20% (excluding references and quotations) leads to the manuscript being returned to the authors for revision or rejected. A low index does not by itself prove originality, and the editor also judges the nature and source of the overlap.

Author declaration. On submission, authors confirm that the manuscript is original, properly cited, and not under review elsewhere.

Consequences. Depending on severity:

1. Minor overlap (a few phrases, properly cited): authors are asked to revise.
2. Substantial overlap: the manuscript is rejected and the authors are informed of the reason.
3. Plagiarism found after publication: the case is handled under the Research Misconduct and the Correction and Retraction policies, which may lead to retraction of the article and notification of the authors' institution.

Authors may respond to the editor before a final decision is made.

AI-generated text. Text generated by AI tools and presented as the authors' own work, without disclosure, is treated as a violation of this policy.