Plagiarism Policy

Acta Dei: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat considers plagiarism to be an unethical practice in which an author uses another person's ideas, words, data, methods, documentation, or other work without providing proper acknowledgment of the original source. Plagiarism also includes presenting information or results from community service activities that were not actually conducted by the authors as their own work.

Self-plagiarism occurs when authors reuse substantial parts of their own previously published work without appropriate citation or disclosure. This may include republishing the same article or substantially similar content in another journal or publication.

Types of Plagiarism

Full Plagiarism: The use of another person's work, ideas, or text without appropriate acknowledgment and presenting it as the author's own work.

Partial Plagiarism: The use or combination of content from one or more sources without proper citation, including extensive paraphrasing that does not sufficiently acknowledge the original source.

Self-Plagiarism: The reuse of substantial parts of an author's previously published work without appropriate citation or disclosure. This includes republishing substantially the same article or community service report in another journal.

Important to Note

Full plagiarism, partial plagiarism, and self-plagiarism are not permitted in Acta Dei: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat.

Authors must ensure that their manuscripts are original. Any ideas, words, data, information, images, or other materials taken from other sources must be properly cited or acknowledged.

Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time. Submitting the same or substantially similar manuscript simultaneously to multiple journals is considered unethical publication practice.

Authors must properly acknowledge sources that have contributed to the preparation of their manuscripts, including sources related to the concepts, methods, or information used in the community service activity.

Authors must also ensure that all information related to community service activities is reported honestly. Data concerning participants, locations, activities, documentation, results, and outcomes must reflect the actual implementation of the community service activity.

Similarity Check

To maintain the originality of published articles, the editorial team of Acta Dei: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat conducts a similarity check on submitted manuscripts before they are sent to reviewers.

The similarity check may be conducted using Turnitin or other appropriate similarity-checking tools. Manuscripts identified as having a high level of similarity may be returned to the authors for clarification or revision and may not proceed to the peer review process.

The editorial team evaluates similarity results by considering the source and context of the similarities. Similarity in properly cited quotations, references, standard terminology, or commonly used expressions does not automatically constitute plagiarism.

Manuscripts containing plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct will not be processed for publication. Appropriate action may also be taken in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics and Retraction and Correction Policy.