Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else's ideas, processes, results, or words without explicit acknowledgement of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author uses substantial portions of their own previously published work without proper citation. This can range from having the same manuscript published in multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with new data.
Types of Plagiarism
Full Plagiarism: Previously published content without any changes to the text, ideas, or grammar is considered full plagiarism. This involves presenting the exact text of the source as one's own.
Partial Plagiarism: If the content is a mixture of different sources, where the author has extensively reprinted the text, it is known as partial plagiarism.
Self-Plagiarism: When an author reuses all or part of their previously published research, it is known as self-plagiarism. Complete self-plagiarism is when an author republishes their own previously published work in a new journal.
It's Important to Understand:
Full plagiarism, partial plagiarism, and self-plagiarism are not permitted.
Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
The editor will run a plagiarism check using Turnitin for submitted articles before sending them to reviewers. We do not process plagiarized content. If an article has more than 30% plagiarism based on the check results, it will be rejected. The bibliography of the Sigma: Jurnal Sinergi Mengabdi is organized using Mendeley (APA 7th) as the Reference Manager Tool.
