Plagiarism

Academic Integrity

Plagiarism Policy

Researcher Academy Innovation Data Analysis (RAIDA)

Strict standards for originality, similarity screening, AI transparency, and ethical publication.

Zero-Tolerance Policy

Researcher Academy Innovation Data Analysis (RAIDA) maintains high standards of scholarly ethics and applies a strict policy against plagiarism, redundant publication, self-plagiarism, data manipulation, citation manipulation, and undisclosed AI-generated misconduct. Every manuscript is screened to ensure originality, research integrity, and compliance with international publication ethics.

Manuscripts that fail originality, ethical, or AI-transparency screening may be returned for correction, rejected, or investigated further according to RAIDA publication ethics procedures.

Similarity Screening

Text Similarity & AI-Use Review

Definitions of Misconduct

Verbatim Copying

Copying text, data, figures, tables, ideas, or other materials from another source without quotation marks, proper citation, permission, or attribution.

Improper Paraphrasing

Rewriting ideas, arguments, data interpretation, or structure from other works without appropriate citation and acknowledgment.

Self-Plagiarism

Reusing substantial parts of one’s own previously published work, including text, data, tables, or figures, without disclosure, citation, or editorial permission.

AI-Generated Misconduct

Using AI-generated text, analysis, references, images, tables, or interpretations without disclosure, human verification, accountability, or proper ethical oversight.

Duplicate Submission

Submitting the same or substantially similar manuscript to more than one journal at the same time or republishing the same research without disclosure.

Data Misconduct

Fabricating, falsifying, manipulating, selectively reporting, or misrepresenting data, figures, images, statistical outputs, or research findings.

Alignment with COPE AI Guidelines

RAIDA follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) position on artificial intelligence in scholarly publishing. AI may be used as a supporting tool, but AI tools cannot be listed as authors because they cannot take responsibility for the integrity, originality, accuracy, and ethical compliance of the submitted work. Authors remain fully responsible for every part of the manuscript.

COPE Position on AI Tools Authorship and AI responsibility

COPE Ethics Resources Guidance and publication ethics tools

Detection & Prevention

Similarity Screening: Every manuscript may be screened using Turnitin or equivalent tools to detect textual similarity and possible overlap with published sources.
AI-Use Review: Editors may evaluate AI-generated content risk using available tools, manual assessment, writing pattern checks, and author disclosure statements.
Editorial Threshold: Manuscripts with excessive similarity, undeclared AI use, fabricated citations, or suspicious content will undergo detailed editorial review.
Manual Verification: Screening software is used as a support tool; final decisions are made by editors based on evidence and policy.

Consequences & Retraction

Pre-Publication: Manuscripts with confirmed plagiarism, duplicate submission, data misconduct, or undisclosed AI misuse may be rejected immediately.
Post-Publication: Articles found to violate RAIDA policy after publication may be corrected, marked with an expression of concern, or formally retracted.
Institutional Notification: Severe misconduct may be reported to the author’s institution, sponsor, or relevant authority.
Submission Restriction: Authors involved in serious or repeated misconduct may be restricted from future submissions to RAIDA.

Author Responsibilities

Guarantee that the manuscript is original, accurate, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal.
Cite all primary sources, datasets, software, figures, tables, and reused materials accurately and transparently.
Disclose AI-assisted writing, translation, coding, data analysis, image generation, or editing in the ethics statement or declaration file.
Verify that AI-assisted content does not contain fabricated references, false claims, misleading summaries, or inaccurate data interpretation.
Avoid redundant publication, salami slicing, citation manipulation, excessive self-citation, and undeclared reuse of previous work.
Use reference management and language-support tools responsibly, such as Mendeley, Zotero, DeepL, or Grammarly, while maintaining full author responsibility.

Screening Outcomes

Condition	Editorial Action
Minor citation or formatting issue	Returned to author for correction before review or during revision.
High similarity requiring explanation	Detailed editorial check; author may be asked for clarification or revision.
Confirmed plagiarism or duplicate submission	Immediate rejection and possible notification to relevant parties.
Post-publication misconduct	Correction, expression of concern, retraction, or institutional notification, depending on severity.