Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism Policy
The International Journal of Business, Arts and Scientific Study (IJBASS) publishes only original work. Plagiarism in any form is a serious breach of publication ethics and is treated as such, whether it is detected before or after publication.
1. What Constitutes Plagiarism
For the purposes of this policy, plagiarism means presenting the work, words, ideas, data, images or structure of another person as one's own without appropriate attribution. It includes:
- Verbatim copying — reproducing text from another source without quotation marks and citation;
- Paraphrasing without attribution — restating another author's ideas or argument in different words without citing the source;
- Mosaic or patchwork plagiarism — assembling a text from phrases and sentences taken from several sources with minor alterations;
- Data and image plagiarism — reproducing tables, figures, photographs or datasets belonging to others without permission and citation;
- Self-plagiarism or text recycling — reusing substantial portions of one's own previously published work without disclosure and citation;
- Redundant or duplicate publication — publishing the same study, or substantially the same study, more than once.
2. Screening Procedure
Every manuscript submitted to IJBASS is screened with Turnitin before it is sent for peer review. Accepted manuscripts are screened a second time before publication, so that text introduced during revision is also covered.
The similarity report is interpreted by the handling editor rather than applied mechanically. Matches to the authors' own preprint, to the reference list, to standard methodological wording and to common disciplinary phrases are excluded before the figure is assessed. What matters is the nature of the overlap, not the number alone.
3. Thresholds
| Similarity (excluding references and quotations) | Action |
|---|---|
| Below 15%, with no single source above 5% | Proceeds to peer review. |
| 15% to 25% | Returned to the author for revision and resubmission; the manuscript is rescreened before review. |
| Above 25%, or any single source above 10% | Rejected without review. The editorial board considers whether the authors' institution should be informed. |
Regardless of the overall figure, a manuscript is rejected where a substantial passage has been copied verbatim without quotation marks, where results or data have been taken from another source, or where the overlap concerns the core contribution of the paper.
4. Self-Plagiarism and Text Recycling
Authors may reuse limited portions of their own earlier work, principally in the description of established methods, provided the earlier work is cited and the reuse is disclosed at submission. Reusing the introduction, results, discussion or conclusions of an earlier publication is not acceptable. Dividing a single study into several papers in order to increase the number of publications — sometimes called salami slicing — is treated as redundant publication.
Where a manuscript builds on a conference paper, a thesis or a preprint, this must be stated at submission, the earlier item must be cited, and the extent of new material must be made clear.
5. Action Where Plagiarism Is Detected After Publication
Where plagiarism is identified in a published article, the journal follows the COPE flowcharts. The corresponding author is invited to respond. Depending on the extent and nature of the plagiarism, the journal may:
- publish a correction, where the overlap is limited and the findings remain reliable;
- retract the article, where the overlap is substantial or affects the core contribution;
- inform the authors' institution and, where relevant, the journal in which the original work appeared;
- decline to consider further submissions from the authors concerned for a stated period.
Retracted articles remain on the journal website, watermarked as retracted and accompanied by a retraction notice, so that the scholarly record remains complete.
6. Authors' Responsibility
Responsibility for the originality of a manuscript rests with the authors, and with the corresponding author in particular. Before submission, authors should satisfy themselves that all sources are cited, that all quoted material is enclosed in quotation marks, that permission has been obtained for any reproduced figure or table, and that all co-authors have read and approved the manuscript.
Suspected plagiarism in an article published by IJBASS may be reported in confidence to editor@ijbassbd.com. Reports should identify the article, the source allegedly copied, and the specific passages concerned.