Plagiarism Policy

The International Journal of Integrated Academic Research follows a strict policy regarding plagiarism detection. All submitted manuscripts are carefully examined using advanced plagiarism detection software such as Turnitin to compare the content with a broad database of published and unpublished sources for similarity.

The editorial team ensures proper citation, academic coherence, and ethical compliance. Authors are required to declare the originality of their work and provide accurate source attribution, thereby upholding the journal’s commitment to academic integrity.

Authors must acknowledge their awareness of the journal’s plagiarism and copyright policies when signing the copyright agreement. Manuscripts are reviewed under the condition that any unpublished data is properly credited and necessary permissions have been obtained wherever required.

Plagiarism includes copying ideas, text, data, tables, figures, or other creative work and presenting them as original without proper citation. Authors are responsible for ensuring that reused material, even if cited, is appropriately authorized by the copyright holder.

Plagiarism also includes presenting others’ ideas in a modified or rephrased form without clear citation. All borrowed concepts, interpretations, and findings must be properly acknowledged.

Authors must attribute any ideas or material from prior work, even though the journal follows a double-blind peer review process. If citing their own previously published work, authors must use “blinded” citations to preserve the integrity of the review process.

If a manuscript is under review elsewhere, authors must immediately inform the editor of that journal to prevent parallel or duplicate publication.

The primary objective of this policy is transparency, ensuring that the editorial team clearly understands what is original and what is derived from previous work. In case of uncertainty regarding citation practices, authors are advised to clarify the matter in a cover letter addressed to the editor.

For scientific papers and technical research articles, a minimum of 85% originality is required. For non-scientific papers, including language, literature, humanities, and related disciplines, a minimum of 80% originality is required.

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AI Generated Content Policy

The journal permits limited use of AI-generated content provided it is properly reviewed, verified, and cited where applicable. Text and content similarity between 10% to 20% may be allowed if proper citation is included in the References section of the manuscript for any matched or adapted source.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and ethical integrity of any AI-assisted content included in their submissions.