Plagiarism Guidelines

Plagiarism Guidelines
The Journal of Community Service and Application (JOCOSA) is committed to maintaining academic integrity and does not tolerate plagiarism, duplicate publication, fabrication, falsification, or other forms of academic misconduct.
Plagiarism Threshold
All submitted manuscripts must demonstrate a high level of originality. The maximum acceptable similarity index is 20%. Manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding 20% may be returned to the authors for revision and reduction of similarity before proceeding to the next stage of the editorial process.
✓ Maximum Similarity Index: 20%
Types of Unacceptable Practices
  • Copying text, ideas, data, images, or other materials without proper attribution.
  • Submitting another person's work as one's own.
  • Reusing substantial portions of previously published work without appropriate disclosure.
  • Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously.
  • Fabricating or falsifying research data and results.
Plagiarism Screening
All submitted manuscripts may be screened using plagiarism detection software as part of the editorial evaluation process. The Editorial Office will assess the similarity report to ensure that the manuscript meets the journal's originality requirements.
Manuscripts exceeding the maximum similarity threshold of 20% may be returned to the authors for revision. Authors may be required to improve citation practices, paraphrase appropriately, and eliminate unnecessary similarities before resubmission.
Author Responsibility
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are original, properly cited, and free from plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct before submission. Authors should ensure that the similarity index does not exceed 20% before submitting the manuscript to JOCOSA.