Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else’s prior ideas, processes, results, or words without explicit acknowledgment of the original author and source.

The JMSM is an international refereed scientific journal that publishes reviews and research articles on mathematics. Submitted articles are evaluated in a double-blinded peer-reviewed fashion. JMSM promised that he will take very serious importance with the editorial board and that he will act meticulously about plagiarism.

Types of Plagiarism
The following types of plagiarism are considered by JMSM:

Full Plagiarism: Previously published content without any changes to the text, idea, and grammar is considered full plagiarism. It involves presenting exact text from a source as one’s own.

Partial Plagiarism: If the content is a mixture of multiple different sources, where the author has extensively rephrased text, then it is known as partial plagiarism.

Self-Plagiarism: When an author reuses complete or portions of their pre-published research, then it is known as self-plagiarism. Complete self-plagiarism is a case when an author republishes their own previously published work in a new journal.

The journal respects intellectual property rights and aims to protect and promote the original work of its authors. Having plagiarized content in articles does violate the research and originality standards. Therefore, all the authors submitting articles to the journal are expected to comply with ethical standards and avoid all forms of plagiarism. If a submitted or published article is suspected of containing plagiarism, the Publication Board of the journal first examines the work. Then the work is reviewed by the Editorial Board. Afterward, the journal contacts the author(s) and asks them to submit their justifications within 15 days. If the journal does not receive any response from the author(s) within the specified time, it will contact the affiliated university and request the investigation of the claim.

The journal will take the following serious measures for published articles that are found to contain plagiarism:

If plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected, the authors are informed. An article with a high overall similarity rate (maximum 30% excluding the references) or with more than 3% similarity rate from a single source may be rejected or sent back to the author to reduce the similarity rate.