Plagiarism policy

It is accepted only original manuscripts which have not been published and have not been submitted for publication in other journals. The editorial staff uses software to detect textual borrowings in submitted manuscripts. The editorial staff rejects the articles in which plagiarism or textual borrowings without references to the original source were found. All articles are subject to checking for plagiarism using StrikePlagiarism.com by the Polish company Plagiat.pl.

The Editorial Board analyzes any plagiarism case on its merits. If editors or reviewers detect plagiarism or textual borrowings at any stage before the manuscript is published, the author is urged to rewrite the text or refer to the original source.

Manuscripts containing plagiarism are processed based on its amount: if less than 50% of plagiarism, the manuscript is immediately sent to the reviewers for content revision, and if more than of 50% plagiarism, the manuscript is rejected without editorial review. The authors are advised to revise the textual borrowings and plagiarism in the manuscript and resubmit an updated manuscript.