The Journal of International Relations and Politics (ULIPOD) is committed to academic integrity and publication ethics. Authors must submit only original works. All utilized works, sources, and data must be properly cited, and any quotations or references from other studies must be appropriately acknowledged.
Plagiarism is defined as the use of another person’s ideas, expressions, or findings without permission and proper citation. It can occur in several forms:
• Presenting another researcher’s work as one’s own,
• Copying a portion of another study without citation,
• Paraphrasing another source and presenting it as original content,
• Claiming the results of another study as one’s own findings.
All forms of plagiarism violate publication ethics and are strictly unacceptable.

Plagiarism Screening Procedure

1. Plagiarism Check Before Editorial Review:

When a manuscript is first uploaded to the journal’s system, it undergoes initial plagiarism screening using the intihal.net similarity detection software before the editorial review begins. In this scan, the references and direct quotations are excluded. A similarity index below 20% is expected for the manuscript to proceed to the peer-review stage.

2. Final Check Before Publication:

After the peer-review process is completed and all required revisions have been made, a second plagiarism check is conducted using Turnitin software prior to the final publication decision. Again, references and direct quotations are excluded, and the similarity index should remain below 20%.

Editorial Evaluation and Discretion

Any manuscript found to be non-compliant with accepted ethical standards may be rejected at any stage of the publication process or withdrawn post-publication.