Plagiarism Policy

Jurnal Pendidikan Karakter (JPKA) publishes only original work. Plagiarism in any form is a serious breach of publication ethics, and every manuscript is checked with similarity-detection software before it is sent for review.

▣ What Counts as Plagiarism

Form Description
Verbatim copying Reproducing another's words without quotation marks and citation, however short the passage.
Mosaic or patchwork Weaving phrases from a source into one's own sentences without attribution.
Paraphrase without citation Restating another's argument or findings in different words while presenting them as one's own.
Self-plagiarism Reusing substantial parts of one's own published work without citing it, including reusing a method section verbatim.
Data and image plagiarism Presenting another's data, tables, figures, or instruments as one's own, or reusing them without permission and credit.
Plagiarism of ideas Taking the research question, design, or framework of another and presenting it as original.

↻ How Manuscripts Are Checked

  • Every manuscript is checked with similarity-detection software at the initial screening stage, and may be checked again before publication.
  • The editors read the similarity report rather than the percentage alone. A high score drawn from the reference list, standard methodological phrasing, or correctly quoted and cited material is treated differently from a lower score concentrated in a single passage of copied argument.
  • Particular attention is paid to similarity with a single source, to uncited text in the introduction and discussion, and to passages that differ in style from the rest of the manuscript.
⚑ Catatan untuk redaksi. Sebutkan di sini perangkat yang dipakai JPKA (misalnya Turnitin atau iThenticate) dan, bila dewan redaksi menetapkannya, ambang batas kemiripan resmi jurnal.

⚠ Consequences

When it is found What happens
Before review The manuscript is returned to the authors for correction, or rejected.
During review The review is stopped and the manuscript rejected. The authors are informed of the reason.
After publication The editors follow the Correction and Retraction procedure. Depending on the extent, the article is corrected or retracted, with a notice published openly and permanently linked to it.
In serious cases The authors' institution is informed, and the journal may decline submissions from the authors for a stated period.

✔ Avoiding Plagiarism

  • Cite every source of text, data, figures, instruments, and ideas, in APA 7th edition style.
  • Put any borrowed wording in quotation marks with a page number, however brief.
  • Paraphrase properly: understand the source, set it aside, write in your own words, then cite it.
  • Cite your own earlier work as you would anyone else's.
  • Obtain written permission for any figure, photograph, table, or instrument reproduced from another source, and credit it in the caption.
  • Check the manuscript with similarity software yourself before submitting.

See also the Publication Ethics, Research Misconduct, and Author Guidelines.