Plagiarism Policy
The journal is strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. Plagiarism is said to have occurred when large portions of a manuscript have been copied from existing, previously published resources. All manuscripts submitted for publication to World J Exp Biosci are cross-checked for plagiarism using Turnitin software (the % of similarity not more than 20%).
Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else's prior ideas, processes, results, or words without explicit acknowledgement of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes a large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate references. This can range from publishing the same manuscript in multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with new data.
Manuscripts found to be plagiarized during the initial stages of review are outrightly rejected and not considered for publication in the journal. In case a manuscript is found to be plagiarized after publication, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct a preliminary investigation, which may be with the help of a suitable committee constituted for the purpose.
If the manuscript is found to be plagiarized beyond the acceptable limits, the journal will contact the author's Institute / College / University and Funding Agency, if any. A determination of misconduct will lead World J Exp Biosci to run a statement bi-directionally linked online to and from the original paper, to note the plagiarism and provide a reference to the plagiarized material.
The paper containing the plagiarism will also be marked on each page of the PDF. Upon determination of the extent of plagiarism, the paper may also be formally retracted.
Types of Plagiarism
The following types of plagiarism are considered by our journal:
- Full Plagiarism: Previously published content without any changes to the text, idea, and grammar is considered full plagiarism. It involves presenting exact text from a source as if it were one's own.
- Partial Plagiarism: If content is a mixture from multiple different sources, where the author has extensively rephrased text, then it is known as partial plagiarism.
- Self-Plagiarism: When an author reuses complete or portions of their pre-published research, then it is known as self-plagiarism. Complete self-plagiarism is a case when an author republishes their own previously published work in a new journal.
The World J Exp Biosci respects intellectual property and aims at protecting and promoting the original work of its authors. Manuscripts containing plagiarized material are against the standards of quality, research, and innovation. Hence, all authors submitting articles to World J Experimental Biosci are expected to abide by ethical standards and abstain from plagiarism in any form. In case an author is found to be suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published manuscript, then World J Exp Biosci shall contact the author (s) to submit his / her (their) explanation within two weeks. The article will be rejected.
World J Exp Biosci shall take serious action against published manuscripts found to contain plagiarism and shall completely remove them from the World J Exp Biosci website and other third-party websites where the paper is listed and indexed. Upon having established that the manuscript is plagiarized from some previously published work, World J Exp Biosci shall support the original author and manuscript irrespective of the publisher and may take any or all of the following immediate actions or follow the additional course of actions:
1. World J Exp Biosci editorial office shall immediately contact the Director / Dean / Head of the concerned College, Institution, or Organization, or the Vice Chancellor of the University to which the author(s) are affiliated, to take strict action against the concerned author.
2. World J Exp Biosci shall remove the PDF copy of the published manuscript from the website and disable all links to the full-text article. The term Plagiarized Manuscript shall be appended to the published manuscript title.
3. World J Exp Biosci shall disable the author account with the journal and reject all future submissions from the author for a period of 03 / 05 / 10 years or even ban the authors permanently.
4. World J Exp Biosci may also display the list of such authors along with their full contact details on the World J Exp Biosci website.
Any other course of action, as recommended by the editorial board will be followed for each case individually.
