Plagiarism Screening

Before entering the review process, all manuscripts must be checked whether they are free from plagiarism practices by using "Turnitin" software or other anti-plagiarism tools. If there are indications of plagiarism, the manuscript will be immediately rejected.

Curricula: Journal of Curriculum Development management recognizes that plagiarism is an unacceptable act and establishes a policy stating several actions (in the form of penalties) after identifying plagiarism or similarity in articles submitted for publication on Curricula: Journal of Curriculum Development.

All manuscripts submitted to Curricula: Journal of Curriculum Development will be checked using 'Turnitin' software as a tool to detect the similarity of the manuscripts with other published articles. Curricula: Journal of Curriculum Development allows a maximum similarity index of 20%. If the similarity index is more than 20%, the manuscript will be returned to the author to be edited and resubmitted.

Plagiarism in question also includes:

1. Referring and/or quoting terms, words and/or sentences, data and/or information from a source without citing the source in the citation notes and/or without adequately mentioning the source;
2. Referring and/or quoting randomly terms, words and/or sentences, data and/or information from a source without citing the source in the citation notes and/or without adequately mentioning the source;
3. Using the source of ideas, opinions, views, or theories without citing the source adequately;
4. Formulate your own words and/or sentences from the sources of words and/or phrases, ideas, opinions, views, or theories without adequately mentioning the source;
5. Submit scientific works produced and/or published by other people as sources of scientific works without being adequate.