Plagiarism Policy

Definition of Plagiarism :

If you submit your research article that contains work that is not your own, without indicating this (acknowledging your sources), you are committing ‘plagiarism’ and this is an offence. It may include the following points :

using a choice phrase or sentence that you have come across
copying word-for-word directly from a text
paraphrasing the words from a text very closely
using text downloaded from the internet
borrowing statistics or assembled facts from another person or source
copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures or diagrams without acknowledging your sources
copying from the notes or essays of a fellow student
copying from your own notes, on a text, tutorial, video or lecture, that contain direct quotations.

Although you are encouraged to show the results of your reading by referring to and quoting from works on your subject, copying from such sources without acknowledgement is deemed to be plagiarism and will not be accepted by the journal. This means that you must make it clear which words and ideas are yours and which have come from elsewhere, through the use of quotation marks as well as in-text citations.

You are encouraged to collaborate with others in studying, but submitted work copied from or written jointly with others is not acceptable, unless collaboration is required in the particular assignment. Therefore you will be asked to acknowledge a statement to confirm that all assessment work you have submitted is your own and that you have not cheated.

Submitting work that has been done by someone else and persistent borrowing of other people’s work without citation are obvious instances of plagiarism and are regarded as cheating. Copying answers from social networking sites is cheating. Paying for work from other sources and submitting it as your own is also cheating.TIf a case of plagiarism is proven, this is a serious offence and ISRJ will take all necessary actions.