Plagiarism Policy

The Editorial Team of Journal of Applied Computer Science and Technology (JACOST) recognizes that plagiarism is unacceptable and therefore establishes the following policy, which states specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article submitted for publication in Journal of Applied Computer Science and Technology (JACOST). Therefore, before submitting, JACOST recommends that authors check their manuscripts for plagiarism independently. If an article is accepted, JACOST will perform a plagiarism check before it is published.

Definition:
Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional act of obtaining, or attempting to obtain, credit or value for a scientific work by quoting part or all of another party's work and/or scientific work and claiming it as one's own, without citing the source properly and adequately.

Therefore:

Articles must be original, previously unpublished, and not awaiting publication elsewhere. Material taken verbatim from other sources must be clearly identified so that it is distinguishable from the original text.

If plagiarism is identified, theEditor-in-Chief is responsible for re-examining the article and will decide on actions according to the level of plagiarism detected, based on the following guidelines:

Levels of Plagiarism:
1. Copying a few short sentences from another article without citing the source. Action: The author is given a warning and asked to revise the text and cite the source properly.
2. Copying a large part of another article without proper quotation and without citing the source. Action: The submitted article is rejected for publication in Journal of Applied Computer Science and Technology (JACOST) and the author may be sanctioned by not being allowed to publish in Journal of Applied Computer Science and Technology (JACOST)

All authors of an article are responsible for the content of the article they submit. If an article is classified as plagiarized, all authors will be subject to the same action.

If an author is proven to have submitted a manuscript to Journal of Applied Computer Science and Technology (JACOST) while simultaneously submitting it to another journal, and this is discovered during the review process or after publication, the action in point 2 above will be applied and the article will be retracted.

If plagiarism is found beyond the rules above, the editors of Journal of Applied Computer Science and Technology (JACOST) have the right to impose sanctions in accordance with the editorial team's policy.