Plagiarism Policy

The Journal of Health Risk and Chronic Disease (JHRCD) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and ethical publishing. All manuscripts submitted to the journal must be original works and must not contain plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, or other forms of research misconduct.

Plagiarism in any form constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. JHRCD takes all reasonable measures to identify and prevent plagiarism before publication.

Definition of Plagiarism

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• Copying text, ideas, data, figures, tables, or other materials without proper acknowledgment.
• Presenting another person's work as one's own.
• Paraphrasing substantial portions of another work without appropriate citation.
• Using previously published content without permission or proper attribution.
• Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously.
• Duplicate publication or redundant publication of substantially similar research findings.
• Self-plagiarism through the reuse of significant portions of previously published work without proper disclosure and citation.

Similarity Screening

All submitted manuscripts are screened using plagiarism detection software prior to the peer-review process. Similarity reports are evaluated by the editorial team to determine the nature and extent of overlap.

Editorial Assessment

Similarity percentage alone does not determine plagiarism. The Editorial Board carefully evaluates the similarity report to distinguish acceptable overlaps, such as references, standard methodological descriptions, and properly cited quotations, from unethical duplication of content.

Actions in Cases of Plagiarism

If plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct are detected, the journal may take one or more of the following actions:

• Request manuscript revision and resubmission.
• Reject the manuscript.
• Withdraw an accepted manuscript.
• Retract a published article.
• Notify the author's institution or relevant authority when appropriate.
• Prohibit future submissions from authors involved in serious ethical violations.

Author Responsibilities

• Ensure that submitted manuscripts are original.
• Properly acknowledge and cite all sources used.
• Obtain necessary permissions for copyrighted materials.
• Disclose any overlap with previously published or submitted works.
• Comply with ethical standards of scholarly publishing.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools

Authors may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist with language editing, grammar correction, or manuscript preparation. However, authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and scientific content of their manuscripts. AI tools cannot be listed as authors and must not be used to generate fabricated data, falsified results, or misleading content.