Plagiarism Policy & Screening

Journal of Engineering, Science and Technological Trends (JESTT) uses Turnitin, an online tool to help the editors verify the originality of submitted manuscripts. Plagiarism is when an author attempts to pass off someone else's work as his or her own. Duplicate publication, sometimes called self-plagiarism, occurs when an author reuses substantial parts of his or her own published work without providing the appropriate references. This can range from getting an identical paper published in multiple journals to salami-slicing, where authors add small amounts of new data to a previous paper.

A manuscript with less than a 19% similarity index can be accepted for publication.

  • JESTT is committed to promoting and disseminating original research work relating to the field of Engineering, Science, and Technology.
  • Plagiarism in any form cannot be tolerated by JESTT at any stage, as it shows unethical publishing behaviour.
  • All selected manuscripts will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin software.
  • The manuscript in which the plagiarism is detected is handled based on the extent of the plagiarism.
  • JESTT follows the guidelines contained in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flowchart to manage a case of plagiarism. The person who reported JESTT of the situation is informed about the process to be followed.
  • The articles are compared to check the degree of copying. All editors of the JESTT are informed and asked for their comments. The corresponding author of the article in question is contacted with documentary evidence of the case of plagiarism and is asked for a response.
  • If the author(s) are found guilty of plagiarism, the editor of the journal in which the original plagiarized article was published and the authors of the plagiarized article are informed. JESTT publishes an official retraction of the paper, and a retraction watermark will be applied across every page of the article's PDF version to clearly alert readers that the content is invalid due to significant flaws, errors, or misconduct.