Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without explicit acknowledgment of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author reuses significant portions of their own previously published work without appropriate referencing. This can range from publishing the identical manuscript in multiple journals to modifying a previously published paper with minor new data.

Types of Plagiarism

• Full Plagiarism: This occurs when previously published content is submitted without any changes to the text, ideas, or grammar. It involves presenting the exact text from another source as one's own.
• Partial Plagiarism: If the content is a mixture of multiple different sources, where the author has extensively patched text together without proper citations, it is classified as partial plagiarism.
• Self-Plagiarism: This happens when an author reuses all or part of their own previously published research. Complete self-plagiarism involves republishing one's own previously printed work in a new journal.

Policy Guidelines & Compliance

• Strict Prohibition: Full plagiarism, partial plagiarism, and self-plagiarism are strictly prohibited in Philology: Journal Of English Language and Literature. Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original. Any work or words of others must be appropriately cited or quoted.
• Single Submission: Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is considered unethical publishing behavior and is completely unacceptable. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be maintained. Authors are required to cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
• Screening Process: The Editorial Board will execute a mandatory plagiarism check using Turnitin for all submitted articles before sending them to peer reviewers. The journal will not tolerate or process plagiarized content.
• Similarity Threshold: If a manuscript exhibits a similarity index exceeding 25% based on the Turnitin screening results, the article will be subject to immediate rejection or returned to the author for heavy revision.
• Reference Management: To maintain bibliographic integrity, managing and formatting the references must be conducted using Mendeley or other standard reference managers, adhering strictly to the APA 7th Edition citation style.