Plagiarism Policy
The Journal of Intelligent Computing and Electronic Systems (JICES) is firmly committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity, originality, and ethical scholarly publishing. The journal recognizes that originality and proper attribution are fundamental principles of credible research and scholarly communication. Any form of plagiarism is considered a serious violation of academic ethics and is strictly prohibited. Accordingly, JICES follows a zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism, unethical research practices, intellectual misconduct, and any actions that compromise the integrity of the scholarly record.
JICES aims to ensure that all research published in the journal represents the original intellectual contribution of the author(s) and reflects honest, transparent, and responsible research practices. Authors are expected to present their work truthfully, clearly distinguishing their own ideas, methodologies, system designs, algorithms, and results from those of others. Proper acknowledgment of prior research through accurate citation and referencing is essential to maintaining academic integrity and enabling readers to trace the development of knowledge within the field.
The journal defines plagiarism broadly to include the unauthorized use or close imitation of another individual’s text, ideas, data, figures, tables, algorithms, software, system architectures, or experimental results without appropriate credit. This includes direct copying, extensive paraphrasing without citation, and the presentation of existing work as new. JICES also considers self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, and redundant submission to be unethical practices when authors reuse substantial portions of their own previously published work without disclosure or proper citation.
To safeguard research quality, all manuscripts submitted to JICES are subjected to plagiarism detection screening using standard plagiarism detection tools and editorial review procedures. These checks are conducted prior to peer review and, where necessary, at additional stages of the publication process. The purpose of plagiarism screening is to verify originality, identify unacceptable levels of similarity, and ensure compliance with ethical publishing standards.
Authors bear full responsibility for the originality of their submissions and must ensure that all sources are appropriately cited, permissions are obtained for copyrighted material, and overlapping work is clearly disclosed. Manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s standards for originality and ethical compliance may be rejected, returned for revision, or withdrawn from the publication process.
In cases where plagiarism or unethical conduct is identified, JICES follows a transparent and fair investigative process in accordance with recognized publication ethics. Depending on the severity of the violation, corrective actions may include manuscript rejection, request for explanation or revision, retraction of published articles, and notification of relevant institutions or indexing services, where appropriate.
Through its strict plagiarism policy, the Journal of Intelligent Computing and Electronic Systems seeks to protect the integrity of academic publishing, uphold the trust of its authors and readers, and promote responsible research practices. By enforcing ethical standards consistently and transparently, JICES aims to serve as a credible and respected platform for high-quality research in intelligent computing, electronic systems, and interdisciplinary engineering technologies.
