Plagiarism Policy

The peer-review process is at the heart of scientific publishing. As part of Lentera Ilmu Publisher's commitment to protecting the integrity of the scholarly record, Lentera Ilmu Publisher feels a strong obligation to support the scientific community in all aspects of research and publishing ethics. All submitted manuscripts must be free from plagiarism. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to do similarity checking before submitting their manuscript to the journal (please use Turnitin or iThenticate to check the similarity). Editors will also check the similarity of manuscripts in this journal by using Turnitin or iThenticate software. The manuscript will be instantly rejected if there is any plagiarism indicated or detected.

The final camera will also be checked for similarity rate. The overall similarity rate of a manuscript should not exceed 25%, and the similarity rate to a single source should not exceed 10%. Check for plagiarism with Turnitin or iThenticate software. Using another plagiarism software apart from Turnitin or iThenticate can not be accepted.

Definition:

Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's original work."

Policy:

Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source.

Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also requires identification of the source; e.g., previous publication.

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor in Chief responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the paper in agreement with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism

Minor Plagiarism

A small sentence or short paragraph of another manuscript is plagiarized without any significant data or ideas from other papers or publications.

Punishment: The authors are given a warning and requested to change the manuscript and properly cite the original sources.

 

Intermediate Plagiarism

A significant data, paragraph, or sentence of an article is plagiarized without proper citation to the original source.

Punishment: The submitted article is automatically rejected.

 

Severe Plagiarism

A large portion of an article is plagiarized and involves many aspects such as reproducing original results (data, formulation, equation, law, statement, etc.), ideas, and methods presented in other publications.

Punishment: The paper is automatically rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles to the journal.