Policy on Plagiarism

International Journal of English and Comparative Literary is dedicated to following best practices on ethical matters, errors, and retractions. The prevention of publication malpractice is one of the important responsibilities of the editorial board. Any kind of unethical behavior is not acceptable, and IJECLS does not tolerate plagiarism in any form. Authors submitting articles to IJECLS affirm that manuscript contents are original.

Plagiarism includes but is not limited to:

  • Refer and/or quoting terms, words and/or sentences, data and/or information from a source without citing sources in the record citation and/or without stating the source adequately;
  • Refer and/or quoting random terms, words and/or sentences, data and/or information from a source without citing a source in the record citation and/or without stating the source adequately;
  • Using a source of ideas, opinions, views, or theory without stating the source adequately;
  • Formulate the words and/or sentences themselves from the source of words and/or phrases, ideas, opinions, views, or theory without stating the source adequately;
  • Submit scientific papers produced and/or published by others as a source of scientific work without expressing them adequately.

Prevention

International Journal of English and Comparative Literary Studies will ensure that every published article will not exceed a 20% similarity score. Plagiarism screening will be conducted by the International Journal of English and Comparative Literary Studies using Turnitin and Plagiarism Checker X. The author accepts that a submitted manuscript is screened for plagiarism against previously published works. Manuscripts that are found to have been highly plagiarized will incur plagiarism sanctions:

  • Reprimand;
  • Letter of warning;
  • Revocation of the article;
  • Cancellation of publication. 
  • Prohibition of any new submissions.