Plagiarism Policy

All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism, which includes the following:

1. Referring and/or quoting terms, words and/or sentences, data or information from sources without      citing the source in the citation notes and/or without adequately stating the source.
2. Referring or quoting random terms, words or sentences and information from sources without citing the source in the citation notes or without adequately stating the source.
   Using ideas, opinions, views or theories without adequately stating the source.
3. Paraphrasing words or sentences from source words or phrases, ideas, opinions, views, or theories without adequately stating the source.
4. Submitting academic work produced or published by others as a source of academic work without adequately disclosing it.
5. Editors perform plagiarism checks at least once using Turnitin after the article is deemed suitable for publication and before it is published.
6. The percentage of similarity between the article and other articles should be less than 25%.