Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism Policy

Nexa: Journal of Visionary Social Empowerment (NEXA) is committed to maintaining academic integrity, originality, and ethical standards in scholarly publication. The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, improper paraphrasing, or the unauthorized use of other authors’ ideas, words, data, figures, tables, images, or other materials.

All manuscripts submitted to NEXA must be original works written by the author(s). Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts have not been previously published, are not under consideration by another journal, and properly acknowledge all sources used in the manuscript.

Each submitted manuscript will be checked for similarity before being processed for publication. NEXA may use plagiarism detection tools such as Turnitin, iThenticate, or other reliable similarity-checking software to assess the originality of the manuscript.

The maximum acceptable similarity index is 20%, excluding references, properly quoted text, and other standard academic elements where applicable. However, the similarity percentage is not the only basis for editorial decision-making. The editorial team will also evaluate the nature, source, distribution, and context of the similarity. Any indication of plagiarism, regardless of the similarity percentage, may result in editorial action.

Manuscripts with a similarity index above the acceptable threshold may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected during the initial editorial screening. Manuscripts containing serious plagiarism, duplicate publication, unattributed copying, improper paraphrasing, or unethical reuse of previously published work may be rejected immediately.

Authors must ensure that all quotations, paraphrases, data, tables, figures, images, instruments, or other materials taken from previous publications are properly cited and acknowledged. If copyrighted materials are used, authors must obtain the necessary permission where required.

If plagiarism or publication misconduct is detected after publication, the editorial team will conduct an investigation in accordance with the journal’s publication ethics policy. Depending on the severity of the case, NEXA may issue a correction, clarification, expression of concern, or retraction of the published article.

NEXA is committed to upholding the integrity, originality, transparency, and credibility of all published articles.