Close adaptation of the thoughts and expressions of other authors, copying in the expression of ideas, structural similarities in the text or attributing the ideas and results of others without proper reference, or introducing it as a genuine scientific research, is considered "plagiarism" and the policy of this journal is "The fight against plagiarism". For this purpose, similarity is done through iThenticate and Samimnoor system.
“Plagiarism” simply means:
To use someone else work without crediting them, or to present the existing idea of someone else as new and original.
All the following are considered plagiarism:
Similarity Check by iThenticate & Samimnoor
The policy of the Researches in Earth Sciences is "fighting academic plagiarism". For this purpose, two different plagiarism checker software will be used for any manuscript. All English abstracts & texts will be checked for any probable similarity by iThenitcate, while all Persian manuscript text will evlalutehed through locally developed software named Samimnoor, for more precession.
Policy and Action for Plagiarism
The Journals perform similarity check on each manuscript before the peer-review process and the following steps are taken based on the similarity content:
In cases if plagiarism is detected at a later stage, all the actions pertaining to the offense of plagiarism will be taken. If the extent of plagiarism detected too high after publication, the paper will be removed.
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