"Plagiarism" simply means: Using someone else's work without proper attribution or presenting another person's ideas or work as new and original under your own name.
The following are all considered academic misconduct:
Presenting or publishing someone else's work as your own.
Copying another person's words or ideas without giving credit.
Providing incorrect information about the source.
Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without citing it.
Copying a significant amount of words or ideas from a source constitutes the majority of your work, whether you provide a citation or not.
Images and figures:Using images, figures, and charts in your work without obtaining proper permission and providing appropriate attribution is considered plagiarism.
Authors must obtain written permission from the copyright holder for the use of any images, figures, etc., if necessary.
Similarity checks are conducted using the Hamyab, Samim Noor, and iThenticate systems.
The policy of the Journal of Islamic Heritage and Contemporary Challenges is to "combat plagiarism." To this end, similarity detection is performed using the Hamyab and Samim Noor systems for Persian texts and iThenticate for English abstracts.
Policy on Handling and Action Against Plagiarism
This journal conducts similarity checks on every submitted manuscript before the peer review process, and the following steps are taken based on the level of similarity detected:
If the submitted manuscript has a low degree of similarity, it will be returned to the author for revision. The author may resubmit the manuscript after removing and correcting all instances of similarity and rewriting the content. After resubmission, a more thorough review will be conducted to prevent any potential plagiarism and copying of any published information.
If the percentage of content similarity is very high, the submitted manuscript will be rejected and will not be considered for review and publication.
In cases where plagiarism is discovered at later stages, all actions related to addressing this research misconduct will be taken. If the extent of plagiarism is determined to be excessive after publication, the article will be retracted and its credibility will be revoked. The guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) will serve as the basis for decision-making and action in identifying and addressing plagiarism in submitted manuscripts, as well as in dealing with published articles.