Plagiarism

Papers submitted to the International Journal of Education and Social Science Studies (JESSS) will be screened for plagiarism using CrossCheck/iThenticate plagiarism detection tools. The International Journal of Education and Social Science Studies (JESSS) will immediately reject papers that point to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before submitting an article to the reviewers, it is first checked for similarity/plagiarism tools, by the editorial team members. Papers submitted to the International Journal of Education and Social Science Studies (JESSS) should have a similarity rate of less than 20% (Excluding Bibliography), and a similarity score for each source of no more than 25%.

Plagiarism is the presentation of another person's thoughts or words as if they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or for failing to properly cite sources. Plagiarism can take many forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing someone else's work. To accurately assess whether an author has committed plagiarism, we emphasize some possible situations:

An author may literally copy another author's work - by copying word-for-word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledging or citing the original source. This practice can be identified by comparing the original source and the manuscript/work suspected of plagiarism.
Substantial copying implies that an author reproduces a substantial part of another author, without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. The term substantial can be understood in terms of both quality and quantity, which are often used in the context of Intellectual Property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.
Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and organizing them into new sentences in writing. This practice becomes unethical when the writer does not cite properly or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the more difficult form to identify.