Plagiarism policy

PLAGIARISM POLICY

Periodic Research on Leather, Footwear and Leather Products Technology states that plagiarism is unacceptable for all authors and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (sanctions) when plagiarism is identified by plagiarism checking software in an article submitted for publication. We use Turnitin as the plagiarism checking software.

“Plagiarism is copying another person’s text or ideas and passing off the copied material as your own work. You must distinguish (i.e., separate and identify) the copied text from your own text and give credit (i.e., cite the source) to the source of the copied text to avoid accusations of plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered fraud and can result in serious consequences including loss of employment, loss of reputation, and reduced or failing grades in courses."

This definition of plagiarism applies to copied text and ideas:

Regardless of the source of the copied text or idea.

Regardless of whether the author of the text or idea you copied actually copied the text or idea from another source.

Regardless of whether the author of the text or idea you copied is known or unknown.

Regardless of the nature of your text (journal/article, web page, book chapter, paper submitted for a college course, etc.) from which you copied the text or idea.

Regardless of whether the author of the source of the copied material gave permission to copy the material; and

Regardless of whether or not you are the author of the source of the copied text or idea (self-plagiarism).

If plagiarism is detected through Plagiarism Checker software, the Editorial Board is responsible for reviewing the paper.