Plagiarism Check

Plagiarism Check Policy

Dinamika Penelitian: Media Komunikasi Penelitian Sosial Keagamaan is committed to maintaining originality, academic integrity, and responsible scholarly communication. All manuscripts submitted to the journal must be original works and must properly acknowledge the ideas, words, data, methods, instruments, figures, tables, field materials, and intellectual contributions of others.

The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, redundant publication, translated plagiarism, unattributed use of data or field materials, fabricated references, or any attempt to present another person’s work as the author’s own. This policy applies to all submissions, including empirical research, literature-based studies, community-based research, participatory action research, digital ethnography, policy-oriented studies, and manuscripts derived from community engagement activities.

Similarity Screening

Every submitted manuscript may be screened using similarity-detection software as part of the initial editorial assessment. The purpose of similarity checking is to help editors identify possible plagiarism, excessive textual overlap, duplicate publication, inappropriate paraphrasing, or unattributed reuse of previous work.

A manuscript should normally have an overall similarity score of no more than 20%, excluding references, properly quoted materials, journal templates, institutional names, legal or religious terms, and unavoidable methodological expressions. However, the similarity percentage is not the sole basis for an editorial decision. Editors will evaluate the source, distribution, context, and seriousness of the matched text.

A manuscript with a low similarity score may still be rejected if it contains serious plagiarism, while a manuscript with a higher score may be considered when the overlap is properly cited, methodologically unavoidable, or limited to standard expressions.

Forms of Plagiarism

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, copying text without proper citation, paraphrasing another author’s ideas without acknowledgment, using another person’s data or field materials without permission, reproducing tables or figures without attribution, and presenting translated material from another language as original work.

The journal also considers the following practices unethical: mosaic plagiarism, inappropriate paraphrasing, self-plagiarism, duplicate submission, redundant publication, citation of sources not actually consulted, fabricated references, and reuse of substantial parts of a thesis, dissertation, conference paper, research report, or community service report without disclosure and substantial scholarly development.

For manuscripts based on fieldwork, community empowerment, socio-religious practice, digital communities, or participatory action research, authors must ensure that interview excerpts, observation notes, community documents, photographs, religious texts, local narratives, and institutional records are used ethically, accurately, and with proper acknowledgment.

Self-Plagiarism and Redundant Publication

Authors must not reuse substantial parts of their own previously published work without proper citation and clear scholarly justification. Reusing the same introduction, literature review, methods, dataset, discussion, tables, figures, or conclusions across multiple manuscripts may constitute self-plagiarism or redundant publication.

Manuscripts derived from theses, dissertations, preprints, conference papers, institutional reports, policy reports, or community service outputs must clearly disclose the earlier source and demonstrate a substantial new contribution. The new manuscript must offer significant additional analysis, theoretical development, empirical evidence, or scholarly interpretation.

Translated and AI-Assisted Plagiarism

Translated plagiarism occurs when authors translate text from another language and present it as original writing without proper citation. Authors must cite the original source even when the material has been translated, paraphrased, summarized, or adapted.

The use of generative artificial intelligence must not be used to conceal plagiarism, fabricate references, generate false quotations, paraphrase copied text without attribution, or create misleading originality. Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, and integrity of all submitted content, including content revised or assisted by AI tools. Further requirements are provided in the journal’s Generative AI Policy.

Editorial Actions

When plagiarism or substantial textual overlap is suspected, the editor may request clarification from the authors, ask for revision, require additional citation, reject the manuscript, or initiate a publication-ethics investigation. The severity of the action will depend on the extent, nature, and intention of the overlap.

Minor overlap, such as standard methodological phrases or properly cited background information, may be corrected through revision. Serious plagiarism, duplicate publication, fabricated references, or deliberate misrepresentation will normally result in rejection. If plagiarism is identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction in accordance with the journal’s Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern Policy.

Author Responsibilities

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscript is original and that all sources are properly cited. Before submission, authors should check their manuscript for similarity, verify all references, ensure that quoted material is clearly marked, and confirm that permissions have been obtained for copyrighted materials where necessary.

Authors must not submit the same or substantially similar manuscript to more than one journal at the same time. Authors must also disclose any previous dissemination of the work, including thesis chapters, conference proceedings, preprints, institutional reports, policy documents, or community service reports.

Submission of a manuscript to Dinamika Penelitian means that all authors agree to comply with this Plagiarism Check Policy, the journal’s Publication Ethics and Research Integrity, and the journal’s Peer Review Process.

Reviewer and Editor Responsibilities

Reviewers and editors should inform the editorial office when they identify possible plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate paraphrasing, citation manipulation, fabricated references, or unattributed reuse of data, field materials, images, tables, or instruments.

Editors must evaluate similarity reports carefully and contextually. They must distinguish between minor textual overlap, properly cited reuse, methodological standardization, and serious plagiarism. Editorial decisions must be based on evidence, fairness, proportionality, and the integrity of the scholarly record.

Related Policies and Standards

This policy should be read together with the following journal policies and ethical standards: