Allegations of Research and Publication Misconduct

EJMS strictly follow the editorial policy of the Journal and COPE recommendations and guidelines on allegations of misconduct, if we suspect any sort of research and publication misconduct during the process of manuscript handling. If in case we found such research and/or publication misconduct after the publication, EJMS follows the COPE retraction guidelines and retract it as early as possible.

Plagiarism Policy

The editorial board of the EJMS don’t accept any manuscript with plagiarism in any form. We have established the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when any sort of research misconduct is identified in an article that is submitted for publication in the EJMS. Every manuscript submitted to the EJMS must be fully original, unpublished, and not even in pipeline or pending for publication in any other journal/s. 

Identification & Dealing with Research Misconduct

The editorial board of the EJMS is aware of various types of research misconducts including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication or data doctoring as well. To discourage such research misconducts, we will screen, scan, and cross-verify each manuscript manually and with the help of software as well. In case of any research misconduct/s, the editorial board of EJMS will follow the COPE’s guidelines in dealing with the allegations of misconduct.

Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism is an act of copying someone's theories, ideas, or statements without giving explicit acknowledgement to the author of the original source. It is assumed as an absolutely unethical affair and serious abuse in scientific writing. Any text with someone's views, ideas and findings should be explicitly acknowledged; and any photograph, figure and graphic material reproduced from another source should be presented with permission from the person or copyright holder. The editorial board of the EJMS won’t accept any manuscript with plagiarism in any form. We have established the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in any manuscript that is submitted for the possible publication in the EJMS.

 Identification of Plagiarism and Penalties

EJMS has iThenticate Plagiarism Checking Software powered by Turnitin for checking possible plagiarism of all submitted manuscripts. On the basis of the extent of the similarity index (plagiarism), the editorial team will decide whether to accept the manuscript and proceed for the further peer-review process or reject the manuscript from the editorial desk. Once the plagiarism is identified, the Section Editor will alert the author/s with its future consequences, and ask for revisions to the manuscript converting the plagiarized content to be made. If the authors do not correct noted plagiarized material, then the editorial board will take action on the basis of the degree of plagiarism under the following guidelines.

1. Plagiarism Offense Type I (Minor Offense): If some portion (less than two complete paragraphs or less than 25% of the total content) of any article is plagiarized without significant data or idea, then it is assumed to be a minor plagiarism offense. Penalties: The last warning with the possibilities of penalties of type II and type III offense is given to the author(s) and will be asked to resubmit the manuscript after rewriting the plagiarized contents of the manuscript with proper citation of the original article.

2. Plagiarism Offense Type II (Intermediate Offense): If a significant portion (more than two complete paragraphs or 25% - 40% of the total content) of any article is plagiarized without significant data or idea, then it is assumed to be an intermediate plagiarism offense. Penalties: The submitted article is rejected and the author(s) is/are not allowed for resubmission or new submission of the manuscript in EJMS for two years.

3. Plagiarism Offense Type III (Severe Offense): If a significant portion (more than 40% of the total content) of any article is plagiarized without significant data or idea, then it is assumed to be a severe plagiarism offense. Penalties: The paper is rejected and the author(s) is/are kept blacklisted and prevented to submit their papers in EJMS for 3 to 10 years depending on the severity of the plagiarism.