Plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence Policy

Plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence Usage Policy

1. General Principles

Journal of Management and Educational Sciences (JMEDUSCI) upholds the principles of academic integrity, research ethics, and scientific reliability as fundamental elements of its publication processes.

All manuscripts submitted to the journal are evaluated in terms of ethical principles regarding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, inappropriate similarity, copyright infringements, and the use of generative artificial intelligence.

JMEDUSCI bases these processes on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the DOAJ Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, the ICMJE, and relevant international publishing standards.

2. Similarity (Plagiarism) Check

All articles submitted to the journal are reviewed using similarity detection software during the editorial pre-screening phase.

It is recommended that similarity reports be obtained from reliable software such as:

iThenticate
Turnitin (where appropriate)
İntihal.Net

The overall similarity rate is expected to not exceed 20%.

However, the editor also evaluates not only the total similarity rate but also:

high similarity from a single source,
long consecutive text similarities,
inappropriate citations,
and paraphrases without proper attribution.

3. Unacceptable Ethical Violations

The following situations are considered violations of publication ethics:

Plagiarism
Self-plagiarism
Data fabrication
Data falsification
Duplicate publication
Salami slicing
Quoting without citing the source
Using fabricated or unverifiable sources
Unauthorized use of another person’s ideas, tables, figures, or images

Manuscripts found to contain ethical violations are rejected without entering the peer review process.

If an ethical violation is detected after publication, the necessary corrections or retraction procedures are applied in accordance with COPE principles.

4. Works Derived from Theses and Conference Papers

Works derived from master’s or doctoral theses may be accepted for review.

However, authors must

indicate that the work is derived from a thesis,
the thesis title,
the university,
and the year

in the Author Information Form at the time of submission.

Similarly,

for studies expanded from papers presented at conferences, symposia, or workshops, the title of the paper, the event, and the date must be clearly stated.

5. Use of Artificial Intelligence

JMEDUSCI supports the responsible and transparent use of generative artificial intelligence tools in academic work.

Authors may use the following AI systems—

ChatGPT
Gemini
Claude
Microsoft Copilot
Perplexity
DeepSeek
GitHub Copilot
Grammarly AI
Paperpal
Writefull

and similar AI systems—

for language editing,
spelling checks,
code development,
statistical programming support,
and text editing.

6. Declaration of AI Use

If generative AI tools were used during the preparation of the article, this must be clearly stated at the end of the article under the following heading.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Statement

Example:

ChatGPT (OpenAI) was used in this study for language editing. Content generated by artificial intelligence has been verified by the authors, and scientific responsibility lies entirely with the authors.