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Plagiarisme Policy
JFST recognizes that plagiarism is unacceptable for all authors and therefore has established the following policy stating specific actions (sanctions) when plagiarism is detected by JFST's anti-plagiarism software (we use Turnitin) in articles submitted for publication.
“Plagiarism is copying another person's text or ideas and passing them off as your own work. You must distinguish (i.e., separate and identify) the copied text from your own and give credit (i.e., cite the source) to the source of the copied text to avoid accusations of plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered fraud and has the potential to result in severe consequences, including loss of employment, loss of reputation, and reduced or failing grades in courses.”
This definition of plagiarism applies to copied text and ideas:
1. Regardless of the source of the copied text or ideas.
2. Regardless of whether the author of the copied text or ideas actually copied the text or ideas from another source.
3. Regardless of whether the authorship of the copied text or ideas is known or unknown.
4. Regardless of the nature of your text (journal/article, web page, book chapter, submitted paper, etc.) from which you copy text or ideas.
5. Regardless of whether the source author of the copied material has given permission for it to be copied; and
6. Regardless of whether you are the source author of the copied text or ideas (self-plagiarism).
If plagiarism is identified by the Plagiarism Checker software, the Editorial Board responsible for reviewing the paper will agree on appropriate steps based on the level of plagiarism detected in the article, in accordance with the following guidelines:
Mild Plagiarism
A short sentence or paragraph from another manuscript is plagiarized without significant data or ideas taken from another paper or publication.
Sanction: A warning is given to the author and a request to amend the manuscript and properly cite the original source.
Medium Plagiarism
A significant piece of data, paragraph, or sentence from an article is plagiarized without properly quoting the original source.
Sanction: The submitted article will be automatically rejected.
Serious Plagiarism
A significant portion of the article is plagiarized, involving multiple aspects, such as reproducing original results (data, formulations, equations, laws, statements, etc.), ideas, and methods presented in other publications. Penalty: The paper will be automatically rejected, and the author will be barred from further submission to that journal.
