Plagiarism Policy

Articles submitted to the Journal of Business Technology and Economics (JBTE) will be screened using the Turnitin plagiarism detection tool. The Journal of Business Technology and Economics (JBTE) will immediately reject papers that suggest plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Before sending an article to a reviewer, the article is first checked for similarities/tools of plagiarism, by a member of the editorial team. Papers submitted to the Journal of Business Technology and Economics (JBTE) must have a similarity level of less than 25% (excluding bibliography), and the similarity value for each source is no more than 3%.

Plagiarism is the expression of another person's thoughts or words as if they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or by failing to properly cite the source. Plagiarism can take various forms, from literally copying to paraphrasing someone else's work. To accurately assess whether an author has plagiarized, we emphasize the following possible situations:

An author may literally copy another author's work- by copying word for word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledging or citing the original source. This practice can be identified by comparing the original source with the manuscript/work that is suspected of being plagiarized.

Substantial copying implies an author reproduces a substantial portion of another author, without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. The term substantial can be understood in terms of both quality and quantity, which is often used in the context of Intellectual Property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.

Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and arranging them into new sentences in writing. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not cite properly or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is a form that is more difficult to identify.