Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else’s
prior ideas, processes, results or words without explicit acknowledgement of
the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes
large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate
references. This can range from getting the same manuscript published in
multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with some new
data.
Indian Journal of Research Methods in Pharmaceutical
Sciences (referred to as “IJRMPS” hereinafter) is having ISSN (online), is a
bi-monthly national level scholarly journal, published by Dr. Gajanan Anandrao Vaishnav,
India since year 2022.
The journal is strictly against any unethical act of copying
or plagiarism in any form. Plagiarism is said to have occurred when large
portions of a manuscript have been copied from existing previously published
resources. All manuscripts submitted for publication to IJRMPS are
cross-checked for plagiarism using Plagiarism Checker XTM or Turnitin software.
Manuscripts found to be plagiarized during initial stages of review are out-rightly
rejected and not considered for publication in the journal. The authors have to
submit a mandatory “Transfer of copyright form” which shall expressly state
that the authors shall not violate any
copyrights in the manuscript. In case a manuscript is found to be plagiarized
after publication, the Chief Editor will conduct preliminary investigation, may
be with the help of a suitable committee constituted for the purpose. If the
manuscript is found to be plagiarized beyond the acceptable limits, the journal
will contact the author’s Institute / College / University and Funding Agency,
if any. A determination of misconduct will lead IJRMPS to run a statement bidirectionally
linked online to and from the original paper, to note the plagiarism and
provide a reference to the plagiarized material. The paper shall be summarily retracted
by the journal. The paper containing the plagiarism will also be marked “Retracted”
in red colour on each page of the PDF.
Types of Plagiarism
The following types of plagiarism are considered by IJRMPS:
Full Plagiarism: Previously published content without any
changes to the text, idea and grammar is considered as full plagiarism. It
involves presenting exact text from a source as one’s own.
Partial Plagiarism: If content is a mixture from multiple
different sources, where the author has extensively rephrased text, then it is
known as partial plagiarism.
Self-Plagiarism: When an author reuses complete or portions
of their pre-published research, then it is known as self-plagiarism. Complete
self-plagiarism is a case when an author republishes their own previously
published work in a new journal.
Policy and Action for Plagiarism
IJRMPS respects intellectual property and aims at protecting
and promoting original work of its authors. Manuscripts containing plagiarized
material are against the standards of quality, research and innovation. Hence,
all authors submitting articles to IJRMPS are expected to abide ethical
standards and abstain from plagiarism, in any form. In case, an author is found
to be suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published manuscript then, IJRMPS
shall contact the author (s) to submit his / her (their) explanation within two
weeks, which may be forwarded to the Fact Finding Committee (FFC) constituted
for the purpose, for further course of action. If IJRMPS does not receive
any response from the author within the stipulated time period, then the
Director / Dean / Head of the concerned College, Institution or Organization or
the Vice Chancellor of the University to which the author is affiliated shall
be contacted to take strict action against the concerned author.
IJRMPS shall take serious action against published
manuscripts found to contain plagiarism and shall completely remove them from IJRMPS
website and other third party websites where the paper is listed and indexed.
The moment, any article published in IJRMPS database is reported to be plagiarized,
IJRMPS will constitute a Fact Finding Committee (FFC) to investigate the same.
Upon having established that the manuscript is plagiarized from some previously
published work, IJRMPS shall support the original author and manuscript
irrespective of the publisher and may take any or all of the following
immediate actions or follow the additional course of actions as recommended by
the committee:
1.
IJRMPS editorial office shall immediately
contact the Director / Dean / Head of the concerned College, Institution or
Organization or the Vice Chancellor of the University to which the author(s) is
(are) affiliated to take strict action against the concerned author.
2.
IJRMPS shall remove the PDF copy of the
published manuscript from the website and disable all links to full text
article. The term Plagiarized Manuscript shall be appended to the published
manuscript title.
3.
IJRMPS shall disable the author account with the
journal and reject all future submissions from the author for a period of 03 /
05 / 10 years or even ban the authors permanently.
4.
IJRMPS may also display the list of such authors
along with their full contact details on IJRMPS website.
Any other course of action, as recommended by the Committee
or as deemed fit for the instant case or as decided by the Editorial Board, from
time to time.