Plagiarism Prevention

Plagiarism Policy – International Journal of Eco-Innovation in Science and Engineering (IJEISE)

The International Journal of Eco-Innovation in Science and Engineering (IJEISE) uses Turnitin to identify overlapping or similar text in submitted manuscripts. Turnitin checks the content against periodicals, online sources, and a comprehensive article database, generating a similarity report that highlights the percentage of overlap with published material. Cases of similarity are evaluated in accordance with the journal’s editorial policies. If the overlap is justified, the manuscript proceeds to review; excessive or unnecessary similarity requires authors to revise according to editorial guidance.

Low Text Similarity

Every submission is screened using Turnitin’s Content Tracking mode, which ensures manuscripts with low overall similarity but high similarity from a single source are not missed. If a manuscript has a high similarity score, it is returned to the author for proper paraphrasing and citation. Even if the overall percentage is low, a paper that largely consists of copied material from multiple sources will be considered plagiarized.

High Text Similarity

Manuscripts may show a low overall similarity but still contain a high percentage from a single source. For example, a paper with less than 20% total similarity could still have 15% from one article, exceeding the allowable single-source limit. In such cases, authors must rephrase the text thoroughly and cite the original source to avoid plagiarism and copyright issues.

Types of Plagiarism

While academic writing often involves reviewing existing literature, plagiarism occurs when:

• Words, ideas, sentences, or findings are reproduced without proper acknowledgment.
• Self-plagiarism (text recycling) occurs when an author reuses their own previously published work without citation.
• Poor paraphrasing, such as making only minor word changes or altering sentence structure without proper citation.
• Improper citation, such as quotation marks omission or missing citation references.
• Excessive similarity in abstract, introduction, methods, and conclusion sections, where authors are expected to explain in their own words.

Plagiarism in Published Work

If plagiarism is detected in a published paper, the article is retracted after investigation and approval by the Editor-in-Chief. A “Retraction Note” and a link to the original version are posted on the journal’s website, along with an official notification in the respective issue.