Plagiarisme Policy

Articles submitted to IT Journal will be screened for plagiarism using the Turnitin plagiarism detection tool. IT Journal will immediately reject papers that indicate plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before an article is sent to reviewers, it is first checked for similarity/plagiarism by a member of the editorial team. Papers submitted to IT Journal must have a similarity level of less than 20%.

Plagiarism is the presentation of someone else's thoughts or words as if they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or by not citing the source properly. Plagiarism can take various forms, ranging from literal copying to paraphrasing another person's work. To accurately assess whether an author has committed plagiarism, we emphasize the following potential scenarios:

• An author may literally copy another author's work — by reproducing it word-for-word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledgment, or citation of the original source. This practice can be identified by comparing the original source with the suspected plagiarized manuscript/work.

• Substantial copying involves an author reproducing a significant portion of another's work, without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. The term “substantial” can be understood in terms of both quality and quantity, often used in the context of Intellectual Property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the entire work.

• Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and rewriting them into new sentences. This practice becomes unethical when the author fails to cite properly or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is more difficult to detect.