Plagiarism Check
Manuscripts submitted to CDK journal will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin plagiarism detection tools. CDK Journal will immediately reject papers found to contain plagiarism or self-plagiarism. When a manuscript is submitted, the editorial team first reviews it to detect similarities or plagiarism using the tools mentioned above. Manuscripts submitted to the CDK journal must have a similarity rate of no more than 25%.
Plagiarism is copying someone else's text or ideas and passing it off as your own work. Authors need to delineate (i.e. separate and identify) the copied text from your text and give credit to (i.e. cite the source) the source of the copied text to avoid allegations of plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered fraud and can have harsh consequences, including loss of employment, loss of reputation, and a reduced grade or failing a course.
This definition of plagiarism applies to both copied texts and ideas:
1. Regardless of the source of the copied text or idea
2. Regardless of whether the author of the text or idea you copied actually copied the text or idea from another source
3. Regardless of whether the author of the text or idea you copied is known or unknown
4. Regardless of the nature of your text (journal paper/manuscript, web page, book chapter, paper submitted for a college course, etc.) in which you copied text or ideas
5. Regardless of whether or not the author of the source of the copied material permitted for the material to be copied; and
6. Regardless of whether you are or are not the author of the source of the copied text or idea (self-plagiarism).
When the Plagiarism Checker software identifies plagiarism, the Editorial Board is responsible for reviewing the manuscript and will approve measures according to the level of plagiarism detected in the manuscript according to the following guidelines:
Mild (Minor) Plagiarism
A small sentence or short paragraph from another manuscript is plagiarized without any important data or ideas taken from another paper or publication.
Penalty: The author receives a warning and is asked to amend the manuscript and properly cite the source.
Intermediate Plagiarism
Important data, paragraphs, or sentences from an manuscript are plagiarized without proper citation.
Penalty: The submitted manuscript is automatically rejected.
Severe Plagiarism
Most of the manuscript is plagiarized, including reproducing original results (data, formulations, equations, laws, statements, etc.), ideas, and methods presented in other publications.
Penalties: The manuscript is automatically rejected, and the author may be prohibited from submitting other manuscripts to this journal (in accordance with editorial policy).
Retraction
Manuscripts published in CDK Journal will be considered retracted in publication if:
1. There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of errors (e.g. data generation) or honest mistakes (e.g. calculation errors or experimental errors)
2. Findings that have been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (i.e. a case of over-publication)
3. Includes plagiarism
4. Unethical reporting of research
The retraction mechanism follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Retraction Guidelines, which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf.
