Plagiarism Policy

Khatulistiwa: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan strictly prohibits all forms of plagiarism. The editorial board is committed to ensuring that all published articles are authentic, original, and contribute novel insights to the field of educational sciences. Authors submitting their manuscripts must ensure that their work is entirely their own and that the work or words of others are appropriately cited or quoted.

Definition of Plagiarism

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

  1. Directly copying text, ideas, images, or data from another source without proper attribution.

  2. Paraphrasing someone else's work closely without acknowledgment.

  3. Using materials downloaded from the internet without providing proper citations.

  4. Self-Plagiarism: Republishing one's own previously published work or submitting a manuscript that is substantially similar to a previously published paper without proper disclosure and citation.

Plagiarism Screening Process & Similarity Limit

Every manuscript that has passed the editor's desk evaluation or before being published will be checked for similarity using Turnitin software.

  • Documents must meet the maximum similarity limit of 25% to proceed to the review/production process.

  • This percentage excludes the Bibliography/References, properly formatted block quotes, and author affiliations.

Sanctions and Actions

Based on the results of the Turnitin screening, the editorial board will take the following actions:

  1. Similarity 25% : The manuscript is cleared to proceed to the Blind Peer-Review or final production process.

  2. Similarity > 25%: The manuscript will be returned to the authors for immediate revision and paraphrasing, or it may be rejected outright if there is an indication of severe, intentional plagiarism.

  3. Post-Publication Discovery: If plagiarism is discovered after an article has been published, the journal reserves the right to issue a formal retraction of the article, remove the PDF from the website, and publish a retraction notice in accordance with COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines.