Screening Plagiarism

Cendekia: Jurnal Ilmiah Multidisiplin, the editorial board, recognises plagiarism is unacceptable and establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) upon identifying plagiarism/similarities in articles submitted for publication in Cendekia. Cendekia will use Turnitin's originality-checking software to detect similarities of texts in article manuscripts and the final version of articles ready for publication. A maximum of 25% of similarities is allowed for the submitted papers. Should we find more than 35% of the similarity index, the article will be returned to the author for correction and resubmission.

Definition:

Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's original work."

Policy:

Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source.

Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also involves identification of the source; e.g., previous publication.

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor in Chief is responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the paper in agreement with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism

Minor:

A short section of another article is plagiarised without any significant data or ideas taken from the other paper.

Action: A warning is given to the authors, and a request to change the text and properly cite the original article is made

Intermediate: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarised without proper citation to the original paper

Action: The submitted article is rejected, and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for one year

Severe: A significant portion of a paper that reproduces original results or ideas presented in another publication is plagiarised.

Action: The paper is rejected, and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of their submitted paper as they all read and understand Cendekia's Copyright and Licensing Terms. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same penalty.

Suppose the second case of plagiarism by the same author(s) is identified. In that case, a decision on the measures to be enforced will be made by the Editorial board (Editor-in-Chief and Editorial members) with the Chair of the Editor in Chief. The author(s) might be forbidden from submitting further articles forever.

This policy applies also to material reproduced from another publication by the same author(s). If an author uses text or figures that have previously been published, the corresponding paragraphs or figures should be identified, and the previous publication should be referenced. It is understood that in the case of a review paper or a paper of a tutorial nature, much of the material was previously published.

The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and the publisher. Suppose an author submits a manuscript to Cendekia with significant overlap with a manuscript submitted to another journal simultaneously, and this overlap is discovered during the review process or after the publications of both papers. In that case, the editor of the other journal is notified and the case is treated as a severe plagiarism case. Significant overlap means using identical or almost identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for one-half or more of the paper. For self-plagiarism of less than one-half of the paper but more than one-tenth of the paper, the case shall be treated as intermediate plagiarism. If self-plagiarism is confined to the methods section, the case shall be considered minor plagiarism.

Suppose an author uses some of his previously published material to clarify the presentation of new results. In that case, the previously published material shall be identified, and the difference to the present publication shall be mentioned. Permission to republish must be obtained from the copyright holder. In the case of a manuscript initially published in conference proceedings and then submitted for publication in Cendekia either in identical or expanded form, the authors must identify the name of the conference proceedings and the publication date and obtain permission to republish from the copyright holder. The editor may decide not to accept this paper for publication.

However, an author shall be permitted to use material from an unpublished presentation, including visual displays, in a subsequent journal publication. If a submitted publication is initially published in another language, the authors must identify the original publication's title, date, and journal, and the copyright must be obtained. The editor may accept such a translated publication to bring it to the attention of a wider audience. The editor may select a specific paper that had been published (e.g. a “historic” paper) for republication to provide a better perspective of a series of papers published in one issue of Cendekia. This republication shall be identified as such, and the date and journal of the original publication shall be given. The permission of the author(s) and the publisher shall be obtained.

The Cendekia layout editor for the Journal is responsible for maintaining the list of authors subjected to penalties and will check that no authors of a submitted paper are on this list. If a banned author is identified, the layout editor will inform the Editor-in-Chief, who will take appropriate measures. This policy will be posted on the website with instructions for submitting a manuscript, and a copy will be sent to the authors via confirmation email upon initial receipt of their original manuscript.

Retraction and Corrections

Authors are discouraged from withdrawing submitted manuscripts after publication (review, copyedit, layout, etc.). During that time, Cendekia had spent valuable resources besides time spent in the process. Should the author(s) still request a withdrawal, the author(s) have to email Cendekia's editor using the same email address used in the correspondence.

Cendekia's editors shall consider retracting a publication if:

They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of a significant error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error) or as a result of fabrication (e.g., of data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation)
It constitutes plagiarism
The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication)
It contains material or data without authorisation for use
Copyright has been infringed, or there is some other legal severe issue (e.g., libel, privacy)
It reports unethical research
It has been published solely based on a compromised or manipulated peer review process
The author(s) failed to disclose a primary competing interest (a.k.a. conflict of interest) that, in the editor's view, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.

Notices of retraction would:

Be linked to the retracted article wherever possible (i.e., in all online versions)
identify the retracted article (e.g., by including the title and authors in the retraction heading or citing the retracted article)
Be identified as a retraction (i.e., distinct from other types of correction or comment)
Be published promptly to minimise the harmful effects
Be freely available to all readers (i.e., not behind access barriers or available only to subscribers)
State who is retracting the article
State the reason(s) for retraction
Be objective, factual and avoid inflammatory language

Retractions are not usually appropriate if:

The authorship is disputed, but there is no reason to doubt the validity of the findings
The main findings of the work are still reliable, and corrections could sufficiently address errors or concerns
An editor has inconclusive evidence to support retraction or is awaiting additional information, such as from an institutional investigation
Author conflicts of interest have been reported to the journal after publication. Still, in the editor’s view, these are not likely to have influenced interpretations or recommendations or the article's conclusions.

Cendekia's editors shall consider issuing an expression of concern if:

they receive inconclusive evidence of research or publication misconduct by the authors
there is evidence that the findings are unreliable, but the authors’ institution will not investigate the case
they believe that an investigation into alleged misconduct related to the publication either has not been or would not be, fair and impartial or conclusive
an investigation is underway, but a judgment will not be available for a considerable time

Cendekia's editors shall consider issuing a correction if:

a small portion of an otherwise reliable publication proves to be misleading (mainly because of honest error)
the author/contributor list is incorrect (i.e. a deserving author has been omitted, or somebody who does not meet authorship criteria has been included)