Plagiarism Policy

Forms of Plagiarism

Plagiarism includes the following actions:

  • Citing or quoting terms, words, sentences, data, or information from sources without properly acknowledging them in the references or citation notes.
  • Referring to or citing terms, words, sentences, and information from sources without appropriate attribution.
  • Using ideas, opinions, perspectives, or theories without adequately crediting the original source.
  • Rewriting words, phrases, ideas, opinions, perspectives, or theories from a source without proper citation.
  • Presenting someone else's published or unpublished work as one's own without proper acknowledgment.
  • Submitting the same article to multiple journals is considered plagiarism, constitutes unethical publishing behavior, and is unacceptable.