Plagiarism

Injects is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and scholarly integrity. Plagiarism, in any form, constitutes serious academic misconduct and is strictly prohibited. This policy applies to all manuscripts submitted to the journal, regardless of article type, and is aligned with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Definition of Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use of another person’s ideas, data, words, figures, or other intellectual work without proper acknowledgment or permission, thereby presenting them as one’s own. Forms of plagiarism include, but are not limited to:

Direct plagiarism: copying text verbatim from another source without quotation marks and proper citation.
Paraphrasing plagiarism: rewording another author’s work without attribution or without substantially changing its structure and ideas.
Self-plagiarism (duplicate or redundant publication): reusing substantial portions of one’s own previously published work without disclosure and citation.
Mosaic plagiarism: combining phrases or passages from multiple sources without appropriate attribution.
Data and image plagiarism: using data, figures, tables, or images from other sources without permission or acknowledgment.
Idea plagiarism: appropriating another person’s concepts, theories, or research ideas without credit.
Translation plagiarism: translating another author’s work and submitting it as original.
Similarity Screening

All submitted manuscripts are screened for textual similarity using plagiarism detection software, such as Turnitin or iThenticate, upon receipt and before peer review begins. The journal considers a similarity index above 30% (excluding references, quotations, and standard methodological phrases) to be a cause for concern. However, similarity scores alone are not conclusive evidence of plagiarism. The editorial team carefully examines each similarity report to determine whether the overlap is acceptable or constitutes misconduct.

Author Responsibilities

Authors must ensure that their submission is entirely original, has not been published elsewhere, and is not under consideration by any other journal. Authors are required to cite all sources appropriately, obtain permission for any reproduced material, and disclose any overlap with their previous work. By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that the work is their own and that they accept responsibility for its originality.

Editorial Procedure

If plagiarism is detected or suspected, the following actions will be taken:

Before peer review: Manuscripts with excessive or unacceptable similarity will be returned to the authors for revision or rejected outright, depending on the severity.
During peer review or before publication: The editor will contact the corresponding author to request an explanation. If the response is unsatisfactory, the manuscript will be rejected, and the authors’ institution may be notified.
After publication: If plagiarism is confirmed in a published article, the journal will issue a correction or retraction in accordance with COPE retraction guidelines, and the retraction notice will be clearly linked to the original article.
Sanctions

Depending on the severity of the misconduct, the journal may impose one or more of the following sanctions: rejection of the manuscript; retraction of the published article; notification of the authors’ institution, funding body, or employer; and a ban on future submissions to the journal for a period determined by the editorial board.