Plagiarism Policy

Jurnal Cendekia Mengabdi (JCM) is committed to maintaining academic integrity, originality, and ethical standards in scholarly publication. Authors are responsible for ensuring that manuscripts submitted to JCM are original and that all sources, ideas, data, images, and other materials used in the manuscript are appropriately acknowledged and cited.

Definition of Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use of another person's words, ideas, data, images, methods, or other intellectual contributions without appropriate acknowledgment or citation. Plagiarism may occur intentionally or unintentionally and is considered a violation of academic and publication ethics.

Forms of plagiarism may include, but are not limited to:

Copying text from another source without appropriate citation;
Using another person's ideas, methods, or results without proper acknowledgment;
Paraphrasing material from another source without appropriate citation;
Using figures, tables, photographs, images, data, or other materials without proper acknowledgment or permission where required;
Presenting another person's work as the author's own work;
Inappropriate reuse of substantial portions of the author's previously published work without proper citation or disclosure;
Using translated material from another source without appropriate acknowledgment;
Reusing documentation or descriptions of community service activities from other publications without proper attribution; and
Presenting community service activities, results, or documentation belonging to another individual or institution as the author's own work.

Similarity Screening

Manuscripts submitted to JCM may be screened using plagiarism-detection or similarity-checking software as part of the editorial process. Similarity reports are used as an editorial tool to assist editors in identifying potentially problematic overlap with previously published or publicly available materials.

A similarity percentage alone does not automatically determine whether a manuscript constitutes plagiarism. The editorial team may evaluate the nature, source, extent, distribution, and context of identified similarities before making an editorial decision.

Similarity originating from properly cited references, commonly used terminology, methodological descriptions, institutional names, or other legitimate sources of textual overlap may be considered in context during editorial evaluation.

Editorial Action

When potentially inappropriate similarity or plagiarism is identified, the editorial team may conduct further examination and request clarification, supporting information, or revision from the authors.

Depending on the nature and extent of the issue, editorial action may include:

Requesting authors to correct citations or attribution;
Requesting revision of overlapping or improperly paraphrased material;
Requesting clarification regarding the source of data, images, documentation, or community service materials;
Returning the manuscript to the authors for substantial revision;
Declining the manuscript when serious plagiarism or academic misconduct is identified; or
Taking appropriate post-publication action when plagiarism is identified after publication.

Self-Plagiarism and Redundant Publication

Authors should appropriately cite and disclose their own previously published works when those works are used in a submitted manuscript.

Substantial reuse of previously published text, data, figures, images, results, or other materials without appropriate citation or disclosure may be considered inappropriate duplication or self-plagiarism.

Authors should not submit manuscripts that substantially duplicate work that has already been published or is under consideration by another journal.

Use of Images, Data, and Community Documentation

Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality and appropriate use of photographs, figures, tables, datasets, and other documentation included in manuscripts reporting community service activities.

Materials obtained from third parties must be appropriately acknowledged, and permission must be obtained when required. Community service photographs or documentation should not be taken from other publications, websites, organizations, or individuals and presented as documentation of the authors' own activities.

Plagiarism Identified After Publication

If suspected plagiarism is reported after an article has been published, JCM may investigate the matter and request information, clarification, or supporting documentation from the authors.

When a significant violation is established, the journal may take appropriate editorial action depending on the nature and severity of the case. Such action may include issuing a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other appropriate editorial notice.

Author Responsibility

Authors are fully responsible for the originality and integrity of their submitted manuscripts. All quotations, paraphrases, ideas, data, photographs, figures, tables, community documentation, and other materials obtained from external sources must be appropriately cited, acknowledged, and used with permission where required.