Screening for Plagiarism

Screening for Plagiarism

NeuroLingua: Journal of Cognitive, Technological, and Cultural Language Learning enforces a rigorous plagiarism policy to ensure academic integrity and publication quality. Every submitted manuscript is screened using iThenticate and Turnitin before entering the peer-review process.

Policy Overview

  • Similarity threshold: Submissions with more than 20% similarity (excluding references, quotations, and standard phrases) will be rejected at the editorial stage.
  • Editorial actions: Minor overlap may require revision. Severe plagiarism leads to desk rejection or retraction if discovered post-publication, in line with the COPE Retraction Guidelines (2019) and the CrossRef Crossmark Policy (2023).
  • Scope: Plagiarism includes but is not limited to direct copying, self-plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, paraphrasing without attribution, and duplicate submissions.

Understanding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of using another person’s ideas, words, data, or methods without proper acknowledgment. It is considered an ethical violation regardless of intent.

  • Ideas and data: Any borrowed concept, methodology, or conclusion must be properly cited, even if rephrased.
  • Exact words: If four or more consecutive words are reproduced, they must appear in quotation marks with citation.
  • General knowledge: Widely known facts (e.g., “Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country”) do not require citation, but specific statistics, dates, or unique interpretations must always be credited.
  • Self-plagiarism: Republishing one’s own previous work without acknowledgment, or fragmenting one study into multiple submissions (“salami slicing”), is prohibited.

Ethical Commitment

NeuroLingua follows the COPE Core Practices (2022), the DOAJ Transparency Guidelines (2022), and the Scopus CSAB Content Selection Criteria (2023). Authors are expected to ensure originality, accuracy in citation, and respect for intellectual property.

For inquiries regarding this policy, please contact the editorial office: eurekaarthanusantara@gmail.com.