Plagiarism Policy

Art Educare maintains a strict policy against plagiarism to uphold academic integrity and the originality of published works. All submitted manuscripts are screened for similarity using plagiarism detection software prior to the peer review process.

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• Copying text, ideas, images, or data from another source without proper citation

• Submitting someone else’s work as the author’s own

• Reproducing substantial parts of one’s own previously published work (self-plagiarism) without acknowledgment or citation

Manuscripts found to contain significant plagiarism (generally above 20% similarity, excluding references) will be rejected immediately. If plagiarism is discovered after publication, the article may be retracted, and appropriate actions will be taken in accordance with COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines.

Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality of their work and for citing all sources accurately and transparently.