Screening for Plagiarism
The journal is strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. Plagiarism is said to have occurred when large portions of a manuscript have been copied from existing previously published resources. All manuscripts submitted for publication to Jurnal TELUK: Teknik Lingkungan UM Kendari are cross-checked for plagiarism using Turnitin software. All manuscripts submitted to the Jurnal TELUK: Teknik Lingkungan UM Kendari journal must go through the plagiarism checking stage via the following website link: Turnitin Link which can be accessed by the Editor which will be forwarded to the author to correct any signs of similarity with other manuscripts.
Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else's prior ideas, processes, results or words without explicit acknowledgement of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate references. This can range from getting the same manuscript published in multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with some new data.
Manuscripts found to be plagiarized during initial stages of review are out-rightly rejected and not considered for publication in the journal. In case a manuscript is found to be plagiarized after publication, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct preliminary investigation, may be with the help of a suitable committee constituted for the purpose. If the manuscript is found to be plagiarized beyond the acceptable limits, the journal will contact the author's Institute / College / University and Funding Agency, if any.
A determination of misconduct will lead Jurnal TELUK: Teknik Lingkungan UM Kendari to run a statement bi-directionally linked online to and from the original paper, to note the plagiarism and provide a reference to the plagiarized material. The paper containing the plagiarism will also be marked on each page of the PDF. Upon determination of the extent of plagiarism, the paper may also be formally retracted.
Jurnal TELUK: Teknik Lingkungan UM Kendari shall take serious action against published manuscripts found to contain plagiarism and shall completely remove them from Jurnal TELUK: Teknik Lingkungan UM Kendari website and other third party websites where the paper is listed and indexed.
