Plagiarism Policy

Batulis Civil Law Review is committed to publishing original scholarly works and preventing plagiarism, redundant publication, duplicate submission, citation manipulation, and other forms of publication misconduct. Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts are original, properly cited, and have not been published or submitted elsewhere at the same time.

Plagiarism includes copying text, ideas, data, arguments, tables, figures, or other materials from another source without proper acknowledgment; improper paraphrasing; using another author's work without citation; self-plagiarism; redundant publication; and presenting previously published material as new scholarly work.

Similarity Check

Every manuscript submitted to Batulis Civil Law Review may be checked for similarity using iThenticate and/or other appropriate similarity checking methods before proceeding to peer review or publication.

The maximum similarity tolerance is 20% excluding bibliography. However, the editorial team also considers the nature of the similarity, citation accuracy, quotation practices, overlap with previous publications, and whether the similarity indicates plagiarism, redundant publication, or other publication misconduct.

Editorial Screening Process

The editorial team checks submitted manuscripts through the following process:

  1. manual screening of the manuscript for originality, proper citation, quotation, and relevance to the journal's Focus and Scope;
  2. similarity checking using iThenticate;
  3. editorial assessment of the similarity report, including whether similarities are properly cited, quoted, or academically justified;
  4. editorial decision on whether the manuscript may proceed to peer review, must be revised, or must be rejected.

Consequences of Plagiarism

Manuscripts with excessive similarity, plagiarism, improper citation, duplicate submission, redundant publication, citation manipulation, or other indications of publication misconduct may be returned to the authors for clarification, rejected before peer review, rejected after editorial assessment, or handled under the journal's Publication Ethics Policy.

If plagiarism or serious publication misconduct is identified after publication, Batulis Civil Law Review may issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, article withdrawal, article removal, or article replacement in accordance with the journal's Retraction, Withdrawal, & Correction (R-W-C) Policy.

Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all sources used in the manuscript are properly cited and that all quoted materials are clearly identified. Authors must not submit manuscripts that are under consideration by another journal or that have been previously published, except where permitted under the journal's Author Self-Archiving Policy.

This policy supports the journal's commitment to publication ethics and refers to relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).