Plagiarism Policy
JARA takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism, or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles.
Definition: Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else’s prior ideas, processes, results, or words without explicit acknowledgement of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate references.
Screening: All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Advanced Robotics and Automation (JARA) are screened for plagiarism using Turnitin or iThenticate software before the peer-review process.
Policy:
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Similarity Index: Manuscripts with a similarity index of less than 20% are generally accepted for review, provided that the matches are not clustered in the results/discussion sections.
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Minor Plagiarism: Manuscripts with 20-30% similarity may be sent back to authors for revision/paraphrasing.
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Major Plagiarism: Manuscripts exceeding 30% similarity or showing clear evidence of copying data/results will be rejected immediately without review.
If plagiarism is detected after publication, the journal will conduct an investigation. If plagiarism is proven, the article will be retracted, and a retraction note will be published.
