What Constitutes Plagiarism?
Plagiarism may include, but is not limited to:
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Copying text from another source without proper
quotation or citation.
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Presenting another author's ideas, findings, or
interpretations without appropriate attribution.
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Using figures, tables, photographs, or other
copyrighted material without appropriate
acknowledgement or permission where required.
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Submitting substantially similar or previously
published material as a new manuscript without
appropriate disclosure.
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Reusing substantial portions of one's own previously
published work without appropriate citation or
disclosure (self-plagiarism).
Author Responsibility
Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality
and proper attribution of all material included in
their manuscripts.
Authors should appropriately cite the sources of
ideas, statements, data, images, and other material
obtained from previous publications or other sources.
Where material from another source is reproduced,
authors must ensure that the necessary permissions
and acknowledgements are obtained.
Plagiarism Screening
Submitted manuscripts may be screened for plagiarism,
text similarity, duplicate publication, and other
forms of inappropriate content overlap as part of the
editorial and peer-review process.
Similarity reports are considered as one component of
editorial assessment. A similarity percentage alone does
not establish plagiarism, and editors may evaluate the
nature, source, context, and extent of any identified
overlap.
Action on Suspected Plagiarism
If plagiarism or substantial inappropriate overlap is
identified during editorial assessment, the manuscript
may be returned to the authors for clarification or
rejected, depending on the circumstances.
If plagiarism is identified after publication,
ScienceForecast may investigate the matter and take
appropriate editorial action in accordance with
applicable publication-ethics standards.
Post-Publication Concerns
Concerns regarding possible plagiarism or duplicate
publication in a ScienceForecast article may be
reported to the relevant journal editorial office or
to ScienceForecast Publications.
Reported concerns will be reviewed based on the
available evidence, with appropriate parties contacted
when necessary.
Editorial Assessment
Editors may consider the extent and significance of
identified text or content overlap, whether the source
has been appropriately cited, and the context in which
the material appears.
Decisions concerning suspected plagiarism are made
through editorial assessment and, where appropriate,
consultation with reviewers or other relevant parties.
