Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without explicitly acknowledging the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author uses a substantial portion of their own previously published work without providing appropriate citations. This can range from having the same manuscript published in multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with some 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 from a source as one’s own.

Partial Plagiarism: If the content is a mixture of various different sources, where the author has extensively paraphrased 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 occurs when an author republishes their own previously published work in a new journal.

Important to Note:

Full plagiarism, partial plagiarism, and self-plagiarism are not permitted.

Authors must ensure that they have written an entirely original work, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, these must be properly cited or quoted.

An author must not generally publish a manuscript presenting essentially the same research in more than one journal or major publication.

Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously constitutes unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior.

Proper acknowledgment of others’ work must always be provided. Authors must cite publications that have influenced the nature of the reported work.

The editor will run a plagiarism check using Turnitin on submitted articles before sending them to reviewers. We do not process plagiarized content.

To guarantee the originality of each manuscript published in the Vox Dei Journal, the editor will carry out a similarity check using the Turnitin software. The allowable tolerance level for resemblance is a maximum of 25%. Manuscripts that exceed the 25% similarity limit will be returned to the author. The implementation of similarity checks follows the provisions in the Focus & Scope Journal of Vox Dei.