“Asian Journal of Criminal Justice and Forensic Studies” is committed to maintaining high standards of academic integrity and does not tolerate plagiarism in any form.
Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality of submitted manuscripts and for the proper acknowledgement of all sources used. Authors must:
- submit original work that has not previously been published in substantially the same form in any language;
- appropriately cite and acknowledge all sources;
- clearly identify direct quotations;
- avoid plagiarism, inappropriate text recycling and redundant publication;
- obtain permission to reproduce copyrighted material where required.
Similarity screening
The journal uses iThenticate software to screen submitted manuscripts for textual similarity with published and other available sources.
The Similarity Report is reviewed by the Editorial Office to determine the nature, extent and significance of identified textual matches. The similarity score is used as an initial screening indicator and is interpreted together with the location of the matched text, citation practices and the nature of the sources concerned.
The following similarity thresholds apply during the initial editorial screening:
- more than 85% originality – the manuscript may proceed to further editorial consideration;
- 75-85% originality – the manuscript requires additional editorial assessment, and the authors may be asked to check and correct quotations, citations, references or overlapping text;
- less than 75% originality – the manuscript will normally not proceed to further consideration and may be returned to the authors for substantial revision or rejected where inappropriate textual borrowing is identified.
As an additional screening criterion, textual overlap with any single source should not normally exceed 3%, excluding appropriately cited quotations, references, standard terminology and other justified textual matches.
Compliance with these numerical thresholds does not automatically confirm the absence of plagiarism. Likewise, exceeding a threshold does not by itself establish plagiarism. Each Similarity Report is assessed by the Editorial Office in context.
Editorial action
Where potentially inappropriate textual overlap is identified, the Editorial Board may:
- request clarification from the authors;
- require correction of citations, quotations or references;
- request revision or rewriting of overlapping passages;
- return the manuscript for substantial revision;
- reject the manuscript where plagiarism or other serious misconduct is confirmed.
If plagiarism or substantial unattributed overlap is identified after publication, the journal will investigate the matter and may issue a Correction, Retraction or other appropriate notice in accordance with its Corrections and Retractions Policy.
