Submissions may be checked for plagiarism, duplicate publication, unattributed reuse, and citation manipulation.
JASAP may screen submissions for plagiarism, duplicate publication, unattributed reuse, excessive text recycling, inappropriate paraphrasing, undisclosed prior publication, and citation manipulation. Similarity reports are interpreted editorially and are not judged by a fixed percentage alone.
Overlap may be acceptable where it relates to references, standard methodological descriptions, properly quoted material, preprints disclosed to the journal, theses, conference abstracts, or other legitimate prior dissemination. Authors must disclose any related prior dissemination at submission.
Authors may be asked to explain overlap. Minor overlap may lead to a request for correction or revision. Serious plagiarism, unattributed reuse, duplicate publication, citation manipulation, or misleading presentation of prior work may lead to rejection.
If discovered after publication, such concerns may lead to correction, expression of concern, retraction, or notification of relevant institutions where appropriate. Citation manipulation and duplicate publication are treated as publication ethics concerns.
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