PlagiarismPolicy
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying the ideas, processes, results, or words of another person without explicit acknowledgment of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author reuses a substantial portion of their previously published work without proper citation. This can range from submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with minimal new data.
The Tafani Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences is strongly against any unethical practice of copying or plagiarism in any form.
Responsibilities:
Editors, members of the scientific committee, and reviewers are required to be vigilant and aware of all types of misconduct to identify papers where research misconduct has or appears to have occurred.
Detection and Procedures:
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Screening: All manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal are screened for plagiarism using the internationally recognized Plagiarism Checker X software.
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Acceptable Threshold: The acceptable similarity index must not exceed 25%. All matched text must be properly attributed via quotation marks and citations.
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Pre-Publication: If plagiarism is detected during the initial review stages, the manuscript will be summarily rejected. The author will be notified of the decision and the reasons.
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Post-Publication: If a published article is found to contain plagiarism, the journal will take the following actions:
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Retract the article officially from the journal's electronic archive.
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Publish a retraction notice clearly stating the reasons for retraction.
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Prohibit the responsible author(s) from submitting any new manuscripts to the journal for a period of three years.
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Types of Plagiarism Recognized by the Journal:
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Complete Plagiarism (Verbatim Copying):
Submitting previously published content (text or ideas) without any significant alteration as one's own original work. It is considered the most severe form of plagiarism. -
Partial Plagiarism (Copying with Modification):
This occurs when an author composes text from multiple different sources, with slight paraphrasing or word changes, without reconstructing the ideas or providing correct attribution to the original sources. -
Self-Plagiarism (Redundant Publication):
This involves an author reusing their own previously published work (in whole or in part) in a new manuscript without disclosure or appropriate citation of the original work. Republishing the same manuscript in another journal is considered complete self-plagiarism.
