Plagiarism Policy

Texts are examined for plagiarism/similarity ratio. The plagiarism/similarity rate determined by the Editorial Board is 15%. Articles exceeding this rate are rejected without being included in the referee process.

Anti-Plagiarism Check

Presenting the ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, figures or works of others as one's own work, in whole or in part, without citing the source in accordance with scientific rules.

Kafkasya Journal of Health Sciences screens all submitted articles to prevent plagiarism. Works submitted for review are checked for plagiarism using Turnitin&Ithenticate software. The similarity rate is expected to be less than 15%. The basic measure of similarity is that the author complies with the rules of citation and citation. Even if the similarity rate is 1%, plagiarism may occur if quotes and citations are not made properly. In this regard, the rules of citation and quotation must be known by the author and applied carefully.

Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/denial of authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing, copyright infringement, and hiding conflict of interest are considered unethical conduct. Any article that does not comply with accepted ethical standards will be removed from publication. This includes articles with possible irregularities or inconsistencies identified after publication.