Plagiarism Policy
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Law and Social Transformation recognizes the severity of plagiarism and hereby establishes the following policy outlining specific actions (penalties) that will be taken when plagiarism is discovered in an article submitted for publication in the Journal of Law and Social Transformation.
Definition:
Plagiarism has been defined as the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's original work."
Policy:
All articles submitted must be original, unpublished, and not being considered for publication elsewhere. Direct citations from other sources must be explicitly marked as such by indenting, using quotation marks, and citing the source.
Reproduction of substantial amounts of text (exceeding fair use criteria) or graphical materials from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if possible, the original author(s), as well as correct attribution.
In cases where plagiarism is detected, the Editor-in-Chief will lead the review process and establish appropriate actions based on the level of plagiarism detected, following the criteria below:
Levels of Plagiarism:
Minor: Involves the verbatim usage of a brief piece of another material with no major facts or ideas extracted.
Action: Authors will be warned and asked to modify the language while correctly citing the source article.
Intermediate: Involves extensive uncredited use of another paper's content.
Action: The submitted article will be rejected, and the authors will be barred from submitting any future articles for a year.
Severe: Involves significant uncredited usage of original results or ideas from another publication.
Action: The work will be rejected, and the authors will be prevented from submitting any additional articles for five years.
All authors share collaborative responsibility for the content of their submitted papers. In cases of plagiarism, all authors will suffer the same consequences.
For repeated instances of plagiarism by the same author(s), the Editorial board (which includes the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial members) may take appropriate penalties, which may include a permanent ban on future contributions.
This policy applies to material replicated from another publication by the same author(s). Authors must acquire permission and properly cite any previously published material utilized in their submissions.
Papers may be retracted if their conclusions are questionable owing to misconduct, duplicate publication without proper citing or permission, plagiarism, or unethical research procedures. The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has established standards for retractions.
The Journal of Law and Social Transformation layout editor will keep track of authors facing fines and guarantee that no banned authors appear in submitted papers. If a banned author is discovered, the Editor-in-Chief will take the necessary steps.
This policy will be posted on the journal's website and distributed to authors upon submission confirmation.