Plagiarism Policy

The International Journal of Emerging Advances in IVF and Assisted Reproduction is committed to maintaining high standards of academic originality, research integrity, and responsible scholarly publishing. Plagiarism, in any form, is considered unacceptable and may result in appropriate editorial action.

1. Originality of Manuscripts

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts contain original work and have not been previously published or simultaneously submitted to another journal.

All ideas, findings, statements, figures, tables, research data, clinical information, and other materials derived from external sources must be appropriately acknowledged and cited.

2. Forms of Plagiarism

Plagiarism may include, but is not limited to:

  • Copying text from another publication without proper citation.

  • Presenting another researcher's ideas, findings, methods, or interpretations as one's own.

  • Submitting substantially similar previously published work as a new manuscript.

  • Inappropriate paraphrasing without proper acknowledgment.

  • Reusing substantial portions of an author's own previously published work without disclosure.

  • Using figures, tables, images, research data, clinical information, reproductive health information, or other copyrighted material without appropriate permission or attribution.

3. Similarity Screening

Submitted manuscripts may undergo plagiarism or similarity screening during the editorial process. Similarity results are evaluated in context, as legitimate quotations, references, commonly used medical terminology, and standard scientific expressions may contribute to similarity scores.

A similarity percentage alone does not determine whether plagiarism has occurred. The editorial team may assess the nature, extent, and context of the identified similarities.

4. Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for:

  • Ensuring the originality of their manuscript.

  • Properly citing all sources.

  • Obtaining permission where required for copyrighted material.

  • Clearly distinguishing their own work from previously published research.

  • Disclosing substantial reuse of previously published material.

  • Ensuring that submitted data, figures, tables, clinical information, reproductive research data, and research results are appropriately attributed.

5. Manuscripts with Plagiarism

If substantial plagiarism or inappropriate text reuse is identified before publication, the manuscript may be:

  • Returned to the authors for clarification or correction.

  • Rejected when the issue is serious.

  • Subject to further editorial investigation.

The action taken will depend on the extent and nature of the identified problem.

6. Plagiarism Identified After Publication

If plagiarism is discovered after publication, the journal may investigate the matter and take appropriate corrective action. Depending on the seriousness of the issue, this may include a correction, expression of concern, or retraction of the published article.

7. Self-Plagiarism

Authors should avoid excessive reuse of text, data, figures, research findings, clinical information, or other material from their previous publications. Where reuse is scientifically justified, the previous work must be appropriately cited and the reuse must be clearly disclosed.

8. Proper Citation

Authors must give appropriate credit to the original sources of ideas, methods, data, quotations, figures, tables, clinical information, reproductive research materials, and other scholarly contributions. Citations should be accurate, relevant, and sufficient to allow readers to identify and verify the referenced work.