Prevention Policy

Academic Plagiarism Prevention Policy

Salam International Academic Journal

1. Fundamental Commitments

The Salam International Academic Journal is firmly committed to the principles of academic originality, research integrity, scholarly transparency, and full compliance with publication ethics. The Journal considers plagiarism in any form, at any level and in any manifestation, to be a serious violation of academic and ethical standards and addresses such misconduct in accordance with international standards of scholarly publishing.

This policy has been developed in alignment with the guidelines of reputable international organizations, including the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

2. Prohibited Forms of Plagiarism

From the perspective of the Salam International Academic Journal, plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the following practices:

  • Using the works, data, ideas, analyses, or expressions of others without proper citation and appropriate academic referencing;
  • Republishing, in whole or in part, an author’s previously published work (self-plagiarism) without clear and transparent reference to the original source;
  • Translating the works of others without proper attribution and without adherence to recognized academic citation standards;
  • Fabrication, falsification, manipulation, or misrepresentation of research data, results, sources, or evidence;
  • Attributing the ideas, data, or findings of others to oneself;
  • Non-transparent or inappropriate use of artificial intelligence tools and presenting AI-generated content as original scholarly work.

3. Acceptable Similarity Threshold

The maximum acceptable similarity index in the Salam International Academic Journal is 18%, provided that:

  • The similarity results from reputable academic sources, technical terminology, theoretical frameworks, or methodological descriptions;
  • There is no extensive, continuous, or uncited textual overlap within the manuscript;
  • The core sections of the article—particularly the abstract, results, discussion, and conclusion—demonstrate clear academic originality;
  • During similarity assessment, Islamic primary texts (the Holy Qur’an and the Prophetic Sunnah) and authoritative classical texts of Islamic sciences are excluded from similarity calculations.

4. Plagiarism Screening

All manuscripts submitted to the Journal:

  • Are screened for textual similarity using recognized and reliable plagiarism-detection software prior to entering the peer-review process;
  • If the similarity index exceeds the permissible threshold (18%), the manuscript may, depending on the severity and nature of the overlap:
    • Be returned to the author(s) for revision, or
    • Be rejected outright.

The final decision in this regard rests with the Editorial Board of the Journal.

5. Consequences of Misconduct

If plagiarism is substantiated, the Salam International Academic Journal may impose one or more of the following measures:

  • Rejection of the manuscript at any stage of the review or publication process;
  • In the case of published articles, formal retraction of the paper from the Journal’s website and associated archives;
  • Temporary prohibition of the offending author(s) from submitting manuscripts to the Journal for a specified period.

6. Authors’ Declaration and Responsibilities

By submitting a manuscript to the Salam International Academic Journal, the author(s) formally declare that:

  • The submitted work is entirely original and represents their independent academic effort;
  • The manuscript has not been previously published and is not under simultaneous consideration by another journal;
  • All sources, quotations, translations, and data have been properly acknowledged in accordance with recognized academic referencing standards;

Any use of artificial intelligence tools—where applicable—has been fully and transparently disclosed.