Plagiarism Policy

Journal of Data Science and Informatics Engineering (JoDSIE) is committed to maintaining academic integrity, originality, and responsible scholarly communication.

JoDSIE does not tolerate plagiarism, duplicate publication, substantial text reuse without appropriate attribution, fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or other forms of publication misconduct.

1. Definition of Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use of another person's ideas, words, data, figures, methods, results, or other intellectual contributions without appropriate acknowledgement or attribution.

Plagiarism may include, but is not limited to:

• Copying text from another source without proper citation.
• Presenting another author's ideas or arguments as one's own.
• Using tables, figures, images, datasets, or other materials without appropriate attribution or permission where required.
• Inadequate paraphrasing that substantially reproduces the original source without proper acknowledgement.
• Self-plagiarism or substantial reuse of previously published material without appropriate disclosure and citation.
• Duplicate or redundant publication of substantially similar work.

2. Plagiarism Screening

All submitted manuscripts may be screened for textual similarity as part of the journal's initial editorial assessment. The journal may use plagiarism-detection or similarity-checking software to assist editors in identifying potentially problematic text reuse.

A similarity score is considered a screening indicator and is not, by itself, a final determination that plagiarism has occurred. Editors will consider the context, source of similarity, quotation, references, common terminology, methodological descriptions, and the originality of the manuscript before making an editorial decision.

3. Author Responsibilities

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts:

• Contain original scholarly work.
• Properly acknowledge and cite all sources used.
• Clearly distinguish their own contributions from those of other researchers.
• Obtain appropriate permission for copyrighted third-party material when necessary.
• Are not simultaneously submitted to another journal.
• Have not been previously published in substantially the same form.
• Accurately report the use of previously published material, datasets, figures, or text.

Authors remain responsible for the originality and integrity of the manuscript throughout the submission, review, revision, and publication process.

4. Similarity Threshold and Editorial Assessment

JoDSIE does not determine plagiarism solely on the basis of a fixed similarity percentage. Similarity reports are reviewed by the editorial team to determine whether the identified overlap represents legitimate quotation, technical terminology, commonly used expressions, properly cited material, or potentially inappropriate text reuse.

Where substantial or inappropriate similarity is identified, the editor may request clarification or revision, return the manuscript for correction, reject the manuscript, or initiate a formal investigation, depending on the seriousness and context of the case.

5. Handling Suspected Plagiarism

If plagiarism or substantial inappropriate text reuse is suspected, JoDSIE may take one or more of the following actions:

1. Request an explanation or clarification from the authors.
2. Request appropriate revision, citation, attribution, or permission.
3. Reject the manuscript when the problem is sufficiently serious.
4. Refer the matter to the authors' affiliated institution when appropriate.
5. Investigate published articles when concerns are raised after publication.
6. Issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction where justified.

Serious cases of suspected misconduct will be handled in accordance with recognized publication-ethics principles and applicable editorial procedures.

6. Duplicate and Redundant Publication

Manuscripts that substantially duplicate previously published or simultaneously submitted work are not acceptable.

Authors must disclose any closely related manuscripts, conference papers, preprints, datasets, theses, or other previously disseminated versions that may overlap with the submitted manuscript. Editors will determine whether the overlap is acceptable and appropriately disclosed.

7. Self-Plagiarism and Text Recycling

Reuse of an author's own previously published text, data, figures, or results must be appropriately acknowledged and must not mislead readers about the originality of the submitted work.

Limited reuse of standard methodological descriptions or unavoidable technical terminology may occur in scholarly writing. However, extensive or undisclosed reuse that compromises the originality of the manuscript may be considered inappropriate text recycling or redundant publication.

8. Citation and Attribution

Authors must provide accurate citations for ideas, statements, data, methods, findings, figures, tables, and other materials derived from previous work.

Citations must not be manipulated to artificially increase citation counts, influence metrics, or provide an inaccurate representation of the scholarly literature.

9. Plagiarism Detected After Publication

If credible evidence of plagiarism or serious publication misconduct is identified after an article has been published, JoDSIE will assess the case and take appropriate action.

Depending on the circumstances, the journal may publish a correction, editorial notice, expression of concern, or retraction. The published record will be updated transparently where appropriate.

10. Use of Artificial Intelligence

Authors who use generative artificial intelligence or other automated tools substantially in preparing a manuscript must comply with the journal's AI Ethics & Procedure.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, attribution, and integrity of all submitted content. Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors.

11. Editorial Responsibility

Editors are responsible for assessing suspected plagiarism fairly and consistently. Editorial decisions should be based on evidence and scholarly judgment rather than on similarity scores alone.

Editors may seek clarification from authors, reviewers, institutions, or other appropriate sources when necessary to establish the facts of a suspected misconduct case.

Commitment to Academic Integrity

JoDSIE is committed to protecting the integrity of the scholarly record. Plagiarism and other forms of publication misconduct are taken seriously, and suspected cases will be handled through fair, transparent, and evidence-based editorial procedures.

Publication Ethics Framework

JoDSIE follows recognized principles of publication ethics and transparency, including guidance developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).