PlagiarismPolicy
Plagiarism Policy
Al-Qalam Al-Moner Journal for Humanities and Applied Sciences considers plagiarism an unethical act involving the copying of ideas, processes, results, or words of another person without explicit acknowledgment of the original author and source. Furthermore, "Self-Plagiarism" is regarded as academic misconduct, occurring when an author reuses substantial parts of their previously published work without proper citation.
The journal maintains a zero-tolerance policy against any form of plagiarism and adheres to the following standards:
1. Verification Responsibility
Editorial board members, the scientific committee, and reviewers are required to remain vigilant in identifying any research misconduct. All submitted manuscripts are screened using the internationally recognized Plagiarism Checker X software. The total similarity index must not exceed 25%.
2. Disciplinary Actions
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Pre-Publication: Any research found to contain plagiarism during the review or peer-review stages will be immediately and permanently rejected.
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Post-Publication: If plagiarism is proven in a published article, the following actions will be taken:
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Immediate removal and retraction of the paper from the journal’s website and databases.
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Issuance of an official Retraction Note.
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Suspension of the author from publishing in the journal for a period of three consecutive years.
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3. Types of Plagiarism Recognized by the Journal
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Full Plagiarism: Presenting previously published content by another author without any changes in text or ideas and claiming it as one's own.
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Partial Plagiarism: Mixing content from multiple sources and paraphrasing extensively without citing the original sources, implying the work is entirely original.
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Self-Plagiarism: When an author reuses all or substantial parts of their previously published research in a new submission without referencing the primary work. Republishing an entire previously published paper in a new journal is considered a severe form of self-plagiarism.
