PLAGIARISM POLICY

Plagiarism refers to intentional copying of others work without proper attribution or copies content without providing for appropriate references.

The Journal follows strict policy in case of plagiarism within its authority. Before, during or after the publication process if the editorial board member, reviewer, authors or readers detects any element of plagiarism the authors are advised for a response.

If the suspected plagiarism is detected in a published article the author for the article in question is contacted with supporting evidence and asked for a response. If they are found guilty of plagiarism Zede Journal publishes official retraction of the paper. The journal will not consider the author’s any publications in the future for a period of 3 years.

Anti-plagiarism software is employed to check the originality of an article before starting the review process. Manuscripts are acceptable if their similarity index is less than 20%, an article plagiarized more than 20% is rejected and the author is informed the same.