Plagiarism Policy

The Editorial Team of JUPENMAS - Journal of Community Service recognizes that plagiarism is unacceptable and therefore, establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article submitted for publication in the Journal of Community Service.

 

Definition:

Plagiarism is the act of intentionally or unintentionally obtaining or attempting to obtain credit or marks for a scientific work, by quoting part or all of the work and/or scientific work of others recognized as their scientific work, without properly and adequately acknowledging the source. For that, then :

Articles must be original, unpublished, and not in the process of awaiting publication elsewhere. Material taken verbally from other sources needs to be clearly identified so that it differs from the original text.

If plagiarism is identified, then, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the review of the article and will approve action according to the level of plagiarism detected, with the following guidelines:

 

Level of Plagiarism

 

Minor

If the screened article plagiarizes part of a short sentence from another article without mentioning the source. Action: The author is given a warning and a request to make corrections to change the text and cite correctly.

Severe

Plagiarized a large part of another article without proper citation and did not mention the source. Action: The submitted article is rejected for publication in the Journal of Community Service, and the author may be sanctioned not to be allowed to publish in JUPENMAS - Journal of Community Service.

 

All authors of the article are responsible for the content of the article they submitted because they all signed the Journal of Community Service Publication Ethics Statement Form.  If the article is classified as plagiarism, then all authors will be subject to the same action.

If the author is proven to submit a manuscript to JUPENMAS - Journal of Community Service, while simultaneously submitting it to another journal, and this overlap is found during the reviewer process or after publication, the action will be taken according to the severe point above. If plagiarism is found outside the above rules, the editor of JUPENMAS - Journal of Community Service, has the right to impose sanctions according to the editorial team's policy.

 

To check the plagiarism of manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Community Service, use the Plagiarism Checker and Turnitin applications.