Plagiarism Policy

To prevent plagiarism, JLLCD uses the iThenticate system for the articles. All articles before sending to the reviewers are checked for any similarity, and if the percentage of similarity is more than 30%, the article will be withdrawn from the review process. This has to be remined that any kind of unethical behavior is not appreciated, and the Editorial Board does not tolerate plagiarism and misconduct in any form.

Types of Plagiarism

• direct or indirect use of key parts of another article without citing the source
• presenting an entire text by another author as your own work
• presenting the results of another research as your own work

The authors are requested to ensure that they have written entirely original works and they are advised to check their manuscript for similarity using plagiarism detection software programs prior to the submission. Authors also need to bear in mind that it is considered highly unethical to submit the same paper to more than one journal at the same time.

If proof of plagiarism is found by Editorial Board or referees, the manuscript will be rejected immediately and Editorial Board will communicate with authors to demand an explanation. If authors fail to respond within a reasonable length of time, they will not be able to submit manuscripts to the JLLCD anymore.

Suspected or reported plagiarism in published papers is seriously investigated by Editorial Board and the corresponding author, the author’s superior and/or person responsible for research governance in the author’s institution are contacted immediately. Also, authors are blacklisted and debarred for submitting new papers to JLLCD.