Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism is committed when one author uses another work ( typically the work of another author) without permission, credit, or acknowledgment. Plagiarism take different forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another.

  • Literal Copying - Literal copying is reproducing a work word for word, in whole or in part, without permission and acknowledgment of the original source. Literal copying is obvious plagiarism and is easy to detect by comparing the papers in question.
  • Substantial Copying - Substantial copying is reproducing a substantial part of a work, without permission and acknowledgment of the original source. In determining what is "substantial", both the quantity and the quality of the copied content are relevant. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole. Where the essence of a work has been reproduced, even if only a small part of the original work, plagiarism may have occured. 
  • Paraphrasing - copying may take place without reproducing the exact words used in the original work, i.e. without literal or substantial copying. This type of copying is known as paraphrasing, and it can be the most difficult type of plagiarism to detect.

Jurnal Politikom Indonesiana (JPI) will immediately investigate and reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism. JPI investigation on suspected plagiarism will be based on COPE's guidance:

  • Suspected plagiarism in a submitted manuscript here 

  • Suspected plagiarism in a published article here

Plagiarism screening will be conducted by Jurnal Politikom Indonesiana (JPI) Editorial Board using Turnitin. The Turnitin plagiarism checker is used to eval_uate the similarity index. There is Zero-tolerance for plagiarism. The editor uses the result to decide the case of possible plagiarism – the similarity report would be provided to the author. Here are some of the actions passed by the Editorial board:

  • A similarity index above 40%: in this case, the article is rejected due to poor paraphrasing or citation leading to an outright rejection – NO RESUBMISSION accepted.
  • A similarity index within 20-40%: in this case, the publication is sent to the author for correction and improvement. There is a need for the author to provide a correct citation to similar places and proper paraphrasing for citations.
  • A similarity index less than 20%: here, accepted or citation improvements might be needed – all outsourced texts must be given a proper citation.

In the second and third case, there is a need for careful revision of the article from the author(s). The author(s) need to add citation and paraphrasing to outsourced texts. At the time of examining the submitted article, there should be a Turnitin report showing NO PLAGIARISM or plagiarism of less than 20%.