Screening for Plagiarism Policy

PLANDEV-S: Planning and Development for Sustainability is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and originality. To uphold these standards, all submitted manuscripts undergo a strict plagiarism screening process before entering peer review.

Plagiarism Screening Process:

• All manuscripts are checked using reliable plagiarism detection software to identify any instances of text duplication or inappropriate reuse of content.

• Manuscripts found to have substantial overlap with previously published work without proper citation will be rejected outright.

• Minor textual similarities that are properly cited may be considered acceptable depending on the context.

Author Responsibilities:

• Authors must ensure that their submissions are original works and appropriately reference all sources.

• Any use of previously published material, including their own (self-plagiarism), must be clearly indicated and justified.

• Failure to disclose duplicated content or plagiarism may result in rejection or retraction of the article and notification to the authors’ institutions.

Consequences of Plagiarism:

• Manuscripts identified with significant plagiarism will be rejected.

• Published articles found to involve plagiarism will be retracted.

• The journal may take further actions such as banning authors from future submissions or reporting misconduct to relevant authorities.

PLANDEV-S follows the guidelines and ethical standards set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and strives to promote transparency and honesty in scholarly publishing.