Plagiarism Policy
All manuscripts submitted to the Proceedings of Science and Nature Research are screened for textual similarity and potential plagiarism prior to being sent for peer review.
Similarity Screening
PSNR uses iThenticate, the plagiarism-detection service used by many leading scholarly publishers, to screen every submission against a large database of published literature, web content, and prior submissions. A similarity report is generated for the editor's review as part of the initial editorial screening stage, before the manuscript is sent to reviewers.
A high overall similarity score, or any significant block of unattributed matching text, will result in the manuscript being returned to the authors for revision or rejected outright, depending on the severity of the overlap. Properly quoted and cited material, standard phrases, and the reference list itself are not counted as plagiarism.
Definitions
- Plagiarism: presenting another person's ideas, data, words, or other original material as one's own without adequate acknowledgement.
- Self-plagiarism (text recycling): reusing substantial portions of one's own previously published work without appropriate citation or disclosure.
- Redundant (duplicate) publication: submitting or publishing a manuscript that overlaps substantially in content, data, or conclusions with a previously published work, without disclosure to the editor.
Authors must ensure that any work or words of others, and any of their own previously published work, are appropriately cited and referenced. Manuscripts under consideration by PSNR must not be simultaneously submitted to another journal.
Post-Publication Concerns
If plagiarism or redundant publication is identified after publication, the journal will investigate in line with COPE guidelines and may issue a correction, an expression of concern, or a retraction, as appropriate.
