Plagiarism Policy

REGULATIONS

On plagiarism control and handling at the Journal of Inquiry into Languages and Cultures

1. Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use, in whole or in part, of another person's words, ideas, data, research findings, figures, or scholarly work without appropriate acknowledgement or attribution, thereby presenting such material as one's own work. Plagiarism constitutes a violation of research and publication ethics and may also infringe intellectual property laws.

2. Forms of plagiarism

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the following forms:

• Copying or using another person's content, ideas, data, research findings, figures, or scholarly work without proper citation or acknowledgment.
• Providing inaccurate citations or source information that misrepresents the author or origin of the material used.
• Paraphrasing or rewriting another person's content or ideas without proper citation or acknowledgment.
• Translating all or part of a scholarly work from a one language into another and foreign language into Vietnamese or vice versa and presenting it as one's own work without proper attribution.
• Reusing all or a substantial part of the content, data, or findings from one's own previously published work without proper citation or disclosure, thereby presenting previously published material as new content, referred to as self-plagiarism.

3. Basic requirements to avoid plagiarism

• Authors must provide complete and accurate citations when using the content, ideas, data, figures, or scholarly work of others, following the Submission Guidelines.
• Authors must provide proper citations and acknowledgments when reusing content, data, or findings from their own previously published works.
• Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality of their manuscripts, and the accuracy of citations, and references before The use of similarity-checking software is encouraged prior to submission.

4. Identifying and handling plagiarism

• The Journal of Inquiry into Languages and Cultures employs similarity-checking software to screen all submitted manuscripts beforepeer review.
• Similarity-check results serve as supporting evidence and shall not be the sole basis for determining plagiarism. The determination of plagiarism shall be made on a case-by-case basis, considering the source, scope, nature of the overlapping content, and adequacy of citations.
• Manuscripts with an overall similarity score below 15% may proceed to peer review, provided no indications of plagiarism or ethical violations are identified. Manuscripts with a similarity score of 15% or higher shall undergo further examination of the overlapping content. The similarity score alone shall not determine whether plagiarism has occurred or whether a manuscript should be rejected.
• Self-plagiarism (reusing one's own previously published work without proper citation or disclosure) shall be assessed based on the extent of reuse. The Journal may require the author to revise the manuscript, provide an explanation, or reject the submission.
• If plagiarism is suspected during the peer review process, the review process may be suspended for further examination. Based on the evaluation and the author's explanation, the Editor-in-Chief shall decide whether to resume review, require revisions, or reject the manuscript.
• Plagiarism detected after publication: If plagiarism is identified after publication, the Journal will investigate the case and take appropriate action, including issuing a correction or retracting the article, depending on the severity of the violation, in accordance with the Journal's regulations on corrections and retractions.