Screening for Plagiarism Policy

Jurnal Aksi dan Inovasi Masyarakat (JAIM) is committed to maintaining academic integrity and ensuring that every published article represents original scholarly work. Therefore, all submitted manuscripts undergo plagiarism screening before and/or during the peer review process.

Plagiarism screening is conducted using similarity detection software to identify potential similarities between submitted manuscripts and previously published works or other available sources.

A similarity score does not automatically constitute evidence of plagiarism. The Editor will assess the sources and context of identified similarities to determine whether they indicate plagiarism, inappropriate citation, or other forms of improper use of sources.

Manuscripts that show an inappropriate level of similarity or contain suspected plagiarism may be:

• returned to the authors for revision;
• subject to a request for clarification;
• rejected before or during the review process; or
• withdrawn from the publication process if misconduct is identified after publication.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all ideas, statements, data, figures, and other materials derived from external sources are properly cited and acknowledged.

JAIM maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward deliberate plagiarism, including plagiarism of text, ideas, figures or data, and other forms of using another party's work without appropriate attribution.