Plagiarism Policy

Zero Tolerance
Zero Tolerance Policy
JSM has zero tolerance for plagiarism and all forms of academic misconduct.
Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate)
All submitted manuscripts are screened before peer review.
Unacceptable Practices

The Journal considers the following unacceptable:

Plagiarism Self-plagiarism Duplicate publication Redundant publication Data fabrication Data falsification Manipulated images Citation manipulation
Where Misconduct Is Identified

Where serious misconduct is identified, the Journal may:

Reject the manuscript
Retract the published article
Notify the authors' institutions
Take other appropriate actions