Plagiarism Policy

SJCCGM has a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism and unethical publication practices.

This includes:

• Direct plagiarism (copying text/data without attribution)
• Mosaic plagiarism (patchwriting or paraphrasing too closely)
• Self-plagiarism/redundant publication (reusing substantial parts of one’s own published work without proper citation/justification)
• Duplicate submission (submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals)

Screening: All submissions may be checked using plagiarism-detection tools.
Actions: If plagiarism is suspected, the journal may:

• Reject the manuscript (before publication), or
• Issue corrections, expressions of concern, or retraction (after publication), and
• Inform authors’ institutions when serious misconduct is confirmed.