Plagiarism Policy

Purpose
IJAI is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity. Plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, is strictly prohibited. Plagiarism is the use of another person's ideas, words, data, or work without proper acknowledgment, including copying substantial parts of another’s work or presenting someone else’s research as one’s own.

Policy

• All submitted manuscripts must be original and free from plagiarism.
• Manuscripts will be screened using plagiarism detection software before the peer review process.
• Minor similarities must be properly cited; significant plagiarism will result in immediate rejection or withdrawal of the article.
• In cases where plagiarism is detected after publication, the article may be retracted, and appropriate notices will be issued.

Responsibility

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their work is free from plagiarism. Editors and reviewers are also encouraged to report any suspected plagiarism.

Generally Acceptable Plagiarism:

A similarity index of up to 20% is acceptable, provided that the matching content does not involve copying of critical data, findings, analysis, or significant portions of text without proper citation.

In practice, many journals and universities allow a similarity index of up to 15–20% when using plagiarism detection tools like Turnitin, iThenticate, or Similarity Check.
But important details are:

• Small matches from references, methodology descriptions, or common phrases are often acceptable.
• Critical copying (such as direct lifting of sentences, results, or discussion from someone else’s work) is never acceptable, even if the overall percentage is "low."
• Self-plagiarism (copying your own published work without citation) also counts and must be avoided.

Generally Acceptable: In simple terms

• 15–20% similarity = Generally acceptable if it’s mostly technical terms, references, or standard phrases.
• 20% or matching large chunks = Requires checking to see if it's serious plagiarism.