Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism Policy

Optimal Journal of Nursing Research and Innovation (OJNRI) is committed to maintaining academic integrity and ensuring that all published articles represent original and ethical scientific contributions. Plagiarism and any form of academic misconduct are considered serious violations of publication ethics and will not be tolerated.

All submitted manuscripts to OJNRI are subject to plagiarism screening as part of the editorial review process. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts appropriately acknowledge all sources, ideas, data, concepts, and information obtained from other works.

Plagiarism Includes but is Not Limited to:
Using or quoting words, sentences, paragraphs, data, tables, figures, or information from another source without proper citation and adequate acknowledgment.
Copying or reproducing parts of another author’s work without providing appropriate references.
Using ideas, concepts, opinions, theories, research findings, or interpretations from other sources without acknowledging the original source.
Paraphrasing or rewriting information from other sources by changing words or sentence structures without proper citation.
Presenting another person's research, scientific work, manuscript, or publication as the author's own work.
Submitting previously published work, duplicate manuscripts, or substantial parts of an author's previous publications without proper disclosure and citation.
Manipulating citations or references to misrepresent the originality or impact of a manuscript.
Prevention

Optimal Journal of Nursing Research and Innovation (OJNRI) applies plagiarism screening procedures to all submitted manuscripts using appropriate plagiarism detection software before the review and publication process.

The Editorial Team evaluates similarity reports carefully to determine whether similarities represent acceptable citation practices or potential plagiarism.

Authors are required to ensure that manuscripts submitted to OJNRI are original works, properly referenced, and comply with ethical standards of scientific writing.

Manuscripts containing significant plagiarism, excessive similarity, or other forms of academic misconduct may be rejected during the editorial process.

Sanctions

If plagiarism or academic misconduct is identified during the submission, review, or post-publication process, Optimal Journal of Nursing Research and Innovation (OJNRI) may take appropriate actions, including:

Requesting authors to revise and properly acknowledge the sources;
Issuing a warning letter to the authors;
Rejecting the submitted manuscript;
Withdrawing or retracting published articles;
Cancelling publication;
Reporting serious cases of misconduct to the relevant institutions when necessary.

All plagiarism cases will be handled according to ethical publication standards and relevant guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).