Screening for Plagiarism Policy
Papers submitted to MAERIFA: Multidisciplinary Research for Academia will use the Turnitin plagiarism checker software to scan for plagiarism. MAERIFA: Multidisciplinary Research for Academia strongly condemns documents that are flagged for plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
A member of the editorial staff will first review these papers for similarity/plagiarism issues before sending them to reviewers. Documents submitted to Jurnal Ilmiah Multidisiplin Indonesia (JIM-ID) must have less than 25 percent similarity.
Plagiarism is the use of someone else’s ideas or words as though they were your own, without permission, attribution, or recognition, or due to a failure to properly trace sources. Plagiarism can take various forms, ranging from direct copying to paraphrasing someone else's work. The following scenarios are considered when determining whether an author has plagiarized:
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An author may copy another person’s work—by copying the source word for word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledgment, or attribution. This activity can be verified by comparing the source with the alleged plagiarized manuscript/work.
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Substantial copying refers to an author reproducing a significant portion of another author's work without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. In terms of consistency as quantities, the significant concept can be interpreted, and it is also used in the sense of Intellectual Property. Value refers to the intrinsic worth of the copied text in proportion to its overall function.
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Paraphrasing involves taking thoughts, terms, or phrases from a source and turning them into new written sentences. This method becomes unethical when the author does not accurately reference the original work/author or fails to give proper recognition. This type of plagiarism is the most challenging to detect.
