Plagiarism Policy

IJDDPI maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards plagiarism, text recycling, and uncredited reuse of the work of others.

Mandatory similarity report: Authors must submit a Turnitin (or equivalent, e.g., iThenticate) similarity report for the submitted version of the manuscript as a supplementary file at the time of submission. The overall similarity index must be below 10% (excluding references and standard phrases). Submissions without a similarity report will be returned to the authors without review.

The editorial office may independently verify the similarity of any manuscript at any stage. Manuscripts with unacceptable similarity are rejected at any stage of the editorial process, and confirmed cases of plagiarism in published articles are handled in line with COPE guidelines, up to and including retraction.