Plagiarism Policy

All manuscripts submitted to or published in BUJLSR are subject to plagiarism and similarity screening using Turnitin. A similarity index not exceeding 19% is considered acceptable, provided that the manuscript does not contain plagiarism and that the similarity score is evaluated in light of the nature and sources of the matching text.

Plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication or falsification, and inappropriate attribution of authors' contributions are considered serious violations of publication ethics. Accordingly, any form of plagiarism or the deliberate submission of misleading or inaccurate data is considered unethical and unacceptable. Such cases will be handled in accordance with the journal's established policies and international best practices in publication ethics.

Similarly, submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is considered an unethical publishing practice and is not permitted by the journal. Authors are required to ensure the originality of their work, the accuracy of the data presented, the proper acknowledgment of all sources used, and the accurate disclosure of each author's contributions.

It is important to note that BUJLSR may overlook a duplicated manuscript if the similarity ratio, including the use of artificial intelligent, is within 20%. However, authors are responsible for ensuring that the similarity index remains within this limit until the article is published. Additionally, during this period, the artificial intelligent index must be less than 5%.

All new submissions to BUJLSR are screened using https://www.turnitin.com/. Editorial board members may also choose to run a similarity report at any other point during the review process or post-publication. The default similarity report view gives the percentage of the text of the manuscript which has overlap with one or more published articles. Figures cannot be checked at present. Note that a high similarity score does not necessarily indicate plagiarized text. A similarity score of 30% could mean 30% text in common with one source but could equally mean 1% text in common with 30 different sources. Re-used text that has been legitimately cited in the Bibliography may all contribute to the similarity score. The subject knowledge of an editorial expert is vital in order to interpret the CrossCheck report and determine whether there are any grounds for concern.