Screening for Plagiarism

Plagiarism and Academic Integrity Policy

All manuscripts submitted to Jurnal Bioterdidik: Wahana Ekspresi Ilmiah (JBT) are subject to plagiarism screening using an appropriate similarity detection tool. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or other forms of unacceptable textual appropriation may be rejected in accordance with the journal's editorial policies.

JBT is committed to maintaining academic integrity and ensuring that all authors comply with internationally recognized standards of responsible research and scholarly publication. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are original, properly referenced, and free from plagiarism.

Plagiarism occurs when an author uses ideas, information, data, or words from another source without appropriate acknowledgment. This includes the use of another person's work without proper citation, even when the omission is unintentional. Unintentional plagiarism is still a serious breach of academic integrity and must be avoided.

Authors must provide citations whenever they use specific information obtained from a source, including names, dates, locations, statistical data, research findings, or other factual details that are not common knowledge. Information that is widely known and readily verifiable may not require citation; however, authors should cite the original source whenever there is uncertainty.

When an author adopts or develops an idea, theory, interpretation, methodology, or argument originating from another researcher, the original source must be acknowledged, even if the idea has been substantially modified or further developed. Authors should clearly distinguish their own contributions from ideas and findings derived from previous studies.

When using another author's exact words, authors must provide an appropriate citation and use quotation marks or another suitable quotation format. Paraphrased material must be expressed in the author's own words and structure while still acknowledging the original source. Merely changing a few words or rearranging sentences does not eliminate the need for proper attribution.

Self-plagiarism occurs when authors reuse substantial portions of their previously published work without appropriate acknowledgment or without clearly identifying the relationship between the previous and current publications. Authors must disclose relevant overlap with their earlier publications and ensure that submitted manuscripts make a genuine scholarly contribution.

Similarity scores are used as an aid in editorial assessment and do not, by themselves, establish whether plagiarism has occurred. The editorial team evaluates the nature, context, attribution, and extent of overlapping text before determining the appropriate action.

By submitting a manuscript to JBT, authors confirm that their work complies with the journal's academic integrity requirements and that all sources used in the preparation of the manuscript have been appropriately acknowledged.