The definition of plagiarism applies for copied text and ideas is regardless (1) the source of the copied text or idea; (2) the author(s) actually copied that  text or idea from another source; (3) the authorship of the text or idea which you copy is known; (4) the nature of your text (journal paper/article, web page, book chapter, paper submitted for a college course, etc) into which you copy the text or idea; (5) the author of the source of the copied material gives permission for the material to be copied; (6) self-plagiarism.

When plagiarism is identified by the Turnitin software, the Editorial Board has responsibility for the review of the article and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the article in agreement with the following guidelines:

 

Minor Plagiarism (less than 30%)

A sentence, significant data, or short paragraph of another manuscript is plagiarized without any significant data or idea taken from the other papers or publications.

Note: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the manuscript and properly cite the original sources.

 

Severe Plagiarism (more than 31%)

A large portion of an article is plagiarized that involves many aspects such as reproducing original results (data, formulation, equation, statement, etc.), ideas, and methods presented in other publications.

Note: The manuscript is automatically rejected.