Plagiarism Policy and Screening

Within the context of academic writing, plagiarism encompasses any of the following actions:

• Verbatim Copying: Copying or referencing terms, words, sentences, data, and/or information from a source without properly citing the reference or source.

• Haphazard Extraction: Extracting terms, words, sentences, data, and/or information haphazardly from a source without providing proper citations or references.

• Unauthorized Idea Usage: Using someone else’s ideas, opinions, views, or theories without adequately acknowledging the original source.

• Improper Paraphrasing: Rephrasing terms and/or sentences from a specific source—whether in terms, ideas, opinions, or theories—without accurately citing the source.

• Academic Misrepresentation: Submitting academic work that has been produced and/or previously published by another party as part of one’s own academic work without explicitly acknowledging the source.

Plagiarism Screening and Threshold

Journal of Local Impact and Knowledge Transfer (JLINK) is strictly committed to upholding the integrity, originality, and quality of its published content. To enforce this, the editorial team conducts a comprehensive plagiarism detection and screening process for all submitted manuscripts using professional plagiarism detection software (such as Turnitin).

To be considered for publication, manuscripts must not exceed a maximum similarity threshold of 25%. Any article exceeding this limit or showing signs of structural plagiarism will be returned to the authors for revision or rejected immediately.