Screening for Plagiarism

Plagiarism is not acceptable in Journal Geram (Gerakan Aktif Menulis). Every manuscript is screened with the Turnitin similarity detection tool, and a maximum of 20 percent similarity is allowed. The journal wants all authors to comply with international standards of academic integrity, particularly on plagiarism.

What Plagiarism is

Plagiarism occurs when an author takes ideas, information, or words from another source without proper credit, presenting another person’s essay, opinion, or wording as their own. Even when it happens unintentionally, plagiarism is a serious academic violation and is unacceptable in scholarly publishing. Articles must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere. Reusing one’s own published work without citation, known as self-plagiarism, is also not acceptable.

• InformationWhen an author learns specific information, such as a name, date, place, statistic, or other detail, from a specific source, a citation is required. The only exception is common knowledge: information that is readily available from many sources or generally recognized.
• IdeasWhen an author takes an idea from another author, a citation is required, even if the author then develops it further. This applies to ideas about how to interpret data, which method to use, what conclusion to draw, or broad developments in a field. Cite the original source first, then explain the further development in a following sentence.
• WordsWhen an author takes words from another author, both a citation and quotation marks are required. Whenever four or more consecutive words are identical to a source the author has read, quotation marks must mark the other author’s original words; a citation alone is not enough.

When Similarity is Found

The Editor-in-Chief reviews the Turnitin report and applies the action that matches the level of overlap. All authors of the article are informed.

• Similarity above 20 percent: the manuscript is returned to the authors before it proceeds further.
• A short uncited sentence from another article: the author is warned and asked to rewrite the passage and cite the source.
• A substantial uncited portion of another article: the submission is rejected, and the author may be barred from future publication in the journal.
• Plagiarism found after publication: the article may be retracted under the Correction, Retraction, and Withdrawal Policy, and the author’s institution may be informed.

The journal takes academic integrity very seriously, and the editors reserve the right to withdraw acceptance from a paper found to breach any of the standards above. Authors are encouraged to check their manuscript for similarity before submitting. Questions go to the editorial office at [email protected].