Screening for Plagiarism
All manuscripts submitted to Journal of English Language Teaching and Education (JELTE) are subject to plagiarism and similarity screening as part of the journal's editorial process. The journal may use Turnitin or another recognized similarity-detection tool to identify potential plagiarism, substantial text overlap, and self-plagiarism.
JELTE is committed to maintaining high standards of academic integrity and expects all authors to comply with accepted principles of responsible scholarly publishing.
Plagiarism occurs when an author presents another person's ideas, information, data, expressions, or written work as their own without appropriate acknowledgment. Plagiarism may occur intentionally or unintentionally; however, authors remain responsible for properly acknowledging the sources used in their manuscripts.
Authors are required to provide appropriate citations when using specific information, data, findings, arguments, theories, concepts, or ideas obtained from other sources. Information that constitutes genuinely common knowledge may not require citation, but authors should exercise caution when determining whether information is sufficiently established as common knowledge.
When an author adopts or develops an idea originating from another researcher, the original source must be appropriately cited. Further development or interpretation of an existing idea does not remove the obligation to acknowledge its original source.
When an author uses the exact words of another source, the source must be properly cited and the borrowed wording must be clearly identified as a quotation in accordance with APA 7th edition referencing practices. Authors should avoid excessive verbatim quotations and should primarily present research findings and ideas in their own scholarly language while appropriately acknowledging the original sources.
Similarity Screening and Editorial Action
Similarity screening is conducted before a manuscript proceeds to or completes the peer-review and publication process. The similarity report is used as an editorial assessment tool and does not automatically determine whether plagiarism has occurred. The Editor may examine the context, sources, quotation practices, references, and nature of the detected similarity.
If substantial plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or other serious forms of inappropriate text reuse are identified, JELTE may take appropriate action, including:
The final editorial decision will consider the severity and nature of the suspected violation and will be handled in accordance with JELTE's Research Misconduct and Publication Ethics Policies.
JELTE takes academic integrity seriously and expects authors to ensure that their submissions are original, properly cited, and compliant with ethical standards of scholarly publication.
