All manuscripts submitted to Ethical Media Architecture and Educational Technology (EMAET) are screened using Turnitin or another appropriate similarity-detection system before proceeding to peer review or publication.
Similarity reports are assessed by the editorial team to identify possible plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate quotation, or excessive textual overlap. A similarity percentage alone does not determine whether plagiarism has occurred. The context, source, extent, location, and nature of the matched text are also examined.
Plagiarism occurs when an author presents another person’s words, ideas, data, methods, arguments, images, tables, educational products, or other intellectual contributions without appropriate acknowledgement.
Plagiarism remains a serious breach of academic integrity whether it is committed intentionally or results from inadequate citation, paraphrasing, quotation, attribution, or source-management practices.
- Specific facts, data, statistics, methods, interpretations, and arguments obtained from identifiable sources must be properly cited.
- Ideas adopted or adapted from another author require citation, even when they are expanded, modified, translated, or applied in a new educational context.
- Directly copied wording must be placed within quotation marks or presented as a block quotation, accompanied by an accurate citation and page number where applicable.
- Paraphrasing requires substantial reformulation in the author’s own words and sentence structure while retaining a citation to the original source.
- Tables, figures, instruments, application interfaces, learning materials, media designs, and other visual or digital content must be properly attributed and used with permission when required.
- Information that is genuinely common knowledge may not require citation. Authors should cite a source whenever there is reasonable doubt about whether the information is commonly established.
Authors must not reuse substantial portions of their previously published work without appropriate citation, quotation, and disclosure. Limited reuse of standard methodological language may be acceptable when technically necessary, provided that the original source is acknowledged and the reuse does not misrepresent the originality of the manuscript.
Manuscripts must not reproduce previously published data, findings, tables, figures, products, or conclusions in a manner that creates the misleading impression of a new and original contribution.
A manuscript submitted to EMAET must not be under consideration by another journal and must not have been published substantially in the same form elsewhere. Authors must disclose related manuscripts, conference papers, preprints, datasets, or previous reports that may overlap with the submitted work.
EMAET does not rely solely on a universal numerical similarity threshold. Editors examine the similarity report to determine whether matched text originates from properly cited quotations, references, standard terminology, methodological descriptions, the author’s previous work, or unattributed sources.
Authors may be asked to revise excessive textual overlap, improve paraphrasing, add missing citations, provide clarification, or submit supporting documentation before the manuscript proceeds.
Manuscripts containing substantial plagiarism, misleading duplication, fabricated attribution, or unacceptable textual overlap may be rejected during initial editorial screening or withdrawn from the review process.
When a violation is identified after acceptance or publication, EMAET may withdraw the acceptance, publish a correction, issue an expression of concern, retract the article, or notify the authors’ institutions, funders, or other relevant authorities, depending on the seriousness and available evidence.
Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality of their manuscripts, the accuracy of all citations, and the appropriate acknowledgement of every source used. Authors are encouraged to conduct their own similarity check and correct citation, quotation, and paraphrasing problems before submitting a manuscript to EMAET.
Questions concerning plagiarism, similarity screening, citation practices, duplicate publication, or academic integrity may be submitted to the EMAET Editorial Office.
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