Plagiarism

Plagiarism

Global Journal of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (GJPHS) states that plagiarism is not acceptable for all authors. Therefore, the journal establishes the following policy regarding specific actions and penalties when plagiarism is identified by plagiarism checker software in an article submitted for publication.

GJPHS uses Turnitin or other similarity-checking software to detect plagiarism and ensure the originality of submitted manuscripts.

Definition of Plagiarism

“Plagiarism is copying another person’s text or ideas and passing the copied material as your own work. You must both delineate, separate, and identify the copied text from your own text and give credit to the source of the copied text to avoid accusations of plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered fraud and may result in serious consequences, including loss of reputation and academic or professional sanctions.”

Scope of Plagiarism

The definition of plagiarism applies to copied text and ideas under the following conditions:

  • Regardless of the source of the copied text or idea.
  • Regardless of whether the author(s) of the copied text or idea copied that material from another source.
  • Regardless of whether or not the authorship of the copied text or idea is known.
  • Regardless of the nature of the manuscript or document into which the copied text or idea is inserted, including journal articles, web pages, book chapters, or academic papers.
  • Regardless of whether or not the author of the source gives permission for the material to be copied.
  • Regardless of whether the author is also the author of the copied source, including cases of self-plagiarism.

When plagiarism is identified by plagiarism checker software, the Editorial Board responsible for reviewing the manuscript will determine appropriate measures based on the extent of plagiarism detected in the article.

Levels of Plagiarism and Sanctions

1. Minor Plagiarism

Minor plagiarism occurs when a small sentence or short paragraph from another manuscript is plagiarized without significant data or ideas being taken from other papers or publications.

Sanction: A warning will be given to the authors, and the authors will be requested to revise the manuscript and properly cite the original sources.

2. Intermediate Plagiarism

Intermediate plagiarism occurs when significant data, paragraphs, or sentences from an article are plagiarized without proper citation to the original source.

Sanction: The submitted article will be automatically rejected.

3. Severe Plagiarism

Severe plagiarism occurs when a large portion of an article is plagiarized, including the reproduction of original results, data, formulations, equations, laws, statements, ideas, or methods presented in other publications.

Sanction: The manuscript will be automatically rejected, and the authors may be prohibited from submitting further articles to GJPHS.

Retraction Policy

Articles published in Global Journal of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (GJPHS) may be considered for retraction if:

  • There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct, such as data fabrication, or honest error, such as miscalculation or experimental error.
  • The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification.
  • The article constitutes plagiarism.
  • The article reports unethical research.

Similarity Limit

GJPHS requires that submitted manuscripts meet the journal’s similarity standard. Manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding the maximum allowed threshold may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected by the Editorial Board.

The maximum similarity index accepted by Global Journal of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (GJPHS) is 30%.