Plagiarism Policy

The International Journal of New Horizons in the Sciences (JIHSCI) has a zero-tolerance policy towards plagiarism.

• All submitted manuscripts are screened for similarity using iThenticate (or Turnitin) software at the initial editorial stage.
• Manuscripts with an overall similarity index of more than 20% are automatically rejected.
• No single source should exceed 5% similarity.
• Direct quotations must be properly cited; otherwise, they will be considered plagiarism.
• If plagiarism is detected during the review process, the evaluation will be terminated immediately.
• If plagiarism is identified after publication, the article will be retracted and a public retraction notice will be issued.

JIHSCI adheres to the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines in handling plagiarism cases.