Plagiarism Policy

The Editorial Board of Applied Linguistics: Innovative Approaches and Emerging Trends acknowledges that plagiarism is unacceptable. Therefore, the following policy is established, outlining specific penalties when plagiarism is identified in a submitted article.

All manuscripts will undergo pre-screening for plagiarism detection utilizing Turnitin software. The screening process will be conducted by the Editor upon receipt of the manuscript.

Definition:

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

Policy:

Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere.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

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

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor-in-Chief responsible for reviewing the paper will determine measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected, in alignment with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism

1.	Minor:
	A short section of another article is plagiarized without any significant data or ideas taken from the other paper. Action: The authors are given a warning and asked to modify the text and properly cite the original article.
2.	Intermediate:
	A substantial portion of a paper is plagiarized without proper citation to the original paper. Action: The submitted article is rejected and the authors are barred from submitting further articles for one year.
3.	Severe:
	A substantial portion of a paper is plagiarized that reproduces original results or ideas presented in another publication. Action: The paper is rejected and the authors are prohibited from submitting further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are accountable for the content of their submitted paper since they all sign the Applied Linguistics: Innovative Approaches and Emerging Trends Transfer Form. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same penalty. 

If a second case of plagiarism by the same author(s) is identified, the Editorial Board (Editor-in-Chief and Editorial members) with the Chair of the Editor-in-Chief will decide on enforcement measures. The author(s) may be prohibited from submitting any further articles indefinitely.

This policy also applies to material reproduced from another publication by the same author(s). If an author uses text or figures previously published, the relevant paragraphs or figures should be identified and the previous publication referenced. It is understood that for a review paper or tutorial paper, much of the material was previously published.

The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and publisher. If an author submits a manuscript to Applied Linguistics: Innovative Approaches and Emerging Trends with significant overlap with a manuscript submitted to another journal simultaneously, and this overlap is discovered during review or after publication of both papers, the editor of the other journal will be notified and the case treated as severe plagiarism. Significant overlap means identical or nearly identical figures and text for half or more of the paper. For self-plagiarism of less than half but more than one-tenth of the paper, the case shall be treated as intermediate plagiarism. If self-plagiarism is limited to the methods section, the case is considered minor plagiarism.

If an author uses some previously published material to clarify the presentation of new results, the previously published material shall be identified and the difference to the present publication mentioned. Permission to republish must be obtained from the copyright holder. In the case of a manuscript originally published in conference proceedings and then submitted for publication in Applied Linguistics: Innovative Approaches and Emerging Trends in identical or expanded form, the authors must identify the conference proceedings name and date of publication and obtain republication permission from the copyright holder. The editor may decide not to accept this paper for publication.

However, an author shall be permitted to utilize material from an unpublished presentation, including visual displays, in a subsequent journal publication. In the case of a publication submitted that was originally published in another language, the title, date, and journal of the original publication must be identified by the authors, and copyright must be obtained. The editor may accept such a translated publication to make it available to a wider audience.

The editor may select a specific previously published paper (e.g. a “historic” paper) for republication to provide better perspective of a series of papers published in one issue of Applied Linguistics: Innovative Approaches and Emerging Trends. This republication shall be clearly identified as such with the date and journal of the original publication given, and permission of the author(s) and publisher obtained.

The Applied Linguistics: Innovative Approaches and Emerging Trends layout editor is responsible for maintaining the list of authors subject to penalties and will verify no authors of a submitted paper are on this list. If a banned author is identified, the layout editor will notify the Editor-in-Chief who will take appropriate action.

This policy will be posted on the website with instructions for manuscript submission, and a copy will be sent to authors with the confirmation email upon initial receipt of their original manuscript. A statement will be added to the copyright transfer form indicating the author(s) have read the Plagiarism Policy.