SCIENTIKA: Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal is committed to upholding academic integrity. Therefore, all submitted manuscripts will be screened for plagiarism before proceeding to the peer review stage.

Screening Process:

• All submissions are checked using plagiarism detection tools such as Turnitin, iThenticate, or Plagiarism Checker X.

• Manuscripts with a similarity index greater than 25% will either be returned to the author for revision or rejected outright, depending on the severity and nature of the plagiarism.

Types of Prohibited Plagiarism:

• Copying text without proper citation (copy-paste)

• Claiming others' ideas, data, or findings as one's own

• Excessive self-plagiarism from previous publications

Author Responsibility:

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are entirely original and that any references to others’ work are properly cited.