Plagarism Policy

The definition of plagiarism has been defined in Section 2 (k) of UGC Act 1956, the regulation as, “…an act of academic dishonesty and a breach of ethics. It involves using someone else’s work as one’s own. It also includes data plagiarism and self-plagiarism.”

Self-Plagiarism

Self-plagiarism means that using your own previous work without adequately citing. it has also been brought within the ambit of the definition.. One of the most important facets to consider is that the copyright for published works are usually held by the journal rather than the author and plagiarizing from your own work would mean the violation of such copyright.

Keeping in view the policy of plagiarism, and avoid piracy of intellectual property, the author needs to follow the citation policy:

• When 10 words are taken together from some established core work, citation becomes essential.
• Also, when the copied content reaches 40 words in accumulation, the fragment needs to be kept under inverted comma (“_”) in italic.
• Authors are necessarily required to cite reference in case of any content adopted from anywhere other than internet open sites. It is also that, even in case of open site internet source the copied contents if found more than 30 percent in aggregate during plagiarism detection, the work shall not be considered for further proceedings.

Authors submitting their manuscript for publication are required to accept that they are aware of the AMJR’s plagiarism policy and copyright when signing the article’s copyright transfer agreement. Manuscripts are sent out for review only when proper credit has been given to the cited work according to the norms of UGC and wherever required proper permission has been taken.

Procedures and penalties

Any complaint regarding plagiarism is primarily entertained by the chief editor of AMJR.

The following documents must be provided by the complainant to the chief editor:

1. Description of reportedly misconduct in written.
2. Manuscript title
3. Author’s full description
4. Details of publication where plagiarised content appears
5. Two copies of manuscript
6. Complainant’s full name and address

After reviewing all the evidence regarding the claim of distrust of plagiarism and after listening the point of author of the plagiarised manuscript the chief editor can make a preliminary judgement whether complaint has been entertained or not.

Penalties for Plagiarism

If the author’s found guilty the following penalties has been levied:

1. The authors will be asked to write a formal letter of apology to the authors of the plagiarized paper, including an admission of plagiarism.
2. If the paper is under submission, the paper can be automatically rejected by the Chief Editor or the Editor board without further revisions and without any further plagiarism investigation coordinated by the chief editor.