Plagiarism

AJES screens all submitted manuscripts for textual overlap and originality before peer review and may repeat screening during revision or after acceptance when necessary. The purpose of screening is to protect research integrity, ensure transparency in authorship, and maintain trust in the scientific record.

Types of Similarity Screened by the Journal:

• Conventional similarity: overlap with published articles, books, theses, conference papers, websites, repositories, or other publicly available sources.
• AI-assisted or AI-generated textual similarity: overlap or integrity concerns related to the inappropriate use of generative artificial intelligence tools in a way that affects originality, authorship transparency, or the reliability of the submitted manuscript.

Acceptable Threshold:

In AJES, the acceptable similarity level for conventional similarity is less than 20%, and the acceptable similarity level for AI-assisted or AI-generated textual similarity is also less than 20%. Meeting the numerical threshold alone does not guarantee acceptance; editorial judgment remains essential in assessing context, concentration of overlap, and the nature of the reused text.

Editorial Actions:

• If the overlap is minor and appears correctable, the manuscript may be returned to the authors for revision and clarification.
• If the overlap is extensive, misleading, or suggestive of plagiarism or research misconduct, the manuscript may be rejected.
• If a concern is identified after acceptance or publication, the journal may initiate an investigation and issue a correction, retraction, or other notice as appropriate.

Author Responsibilities:

Authors must ensure that their submissions are original, properly cited, and transparently prepared. If language editing tools or generative AI tools have been used in any permitted and limited way, authors must follow the journal’s AI policy and remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the manuscript.