Plagiarism Policy

This Journal Editorial Team acknowledges that plagiarism is unacceptable and has established the following policy detailing specific actions (penalties) to be taken when plagiarism is found in an article submitted for publication in this journal.

Definition:

Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit or value for scientific work by citing any or all of another party's work and/or scientific work recognized as its scientific work, without appropriately and fully indicating the source.

For that, then:

Articles must be original, have never been published and are not currently being evaluated for publication elsewhere. Material acquired verbally from other sources must be clearly noted to distinguish it from the original text. If plagiarism is revealed, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for reviewing the article and will approve the action based on the level of plagiarism revealed, according to the rules below:

The journal uses plagiarism detection tools to screen manuscripts for similarity. If plagiarism is detected, the editorial team will take appropriate action depending on the severity of the case.

• Minor plagiarism (small portions of text without proper citation): Authors will be required to revise the manuscript and properly cite the original sources.

• Major plagiarism (substantial copying of another work): The manuscript will be rejected, and the authors may be prohibited from submitting to the journal for a specified period.

All authors are responsible for the integrity and originality of the work submitted to this journal. If plagiarism is detected, the editorial team will take appropriate action depending on the severity of the case, including manuscript revision, rejection, or other sanctions in accordance with the journal’s publication ethics policy.