Plagiarism Policy

Published by Ikatan Dosen Pasar Modal Indonesia (IDPMI)

Plagiarism Screening & Academic Integrity Policy

JCEBS: Journal of Capital Markets, Economics, and Business Studies maintains a strict zero-tolerance policy against academic misconduct, plagiarism, data falsification, and duplicate submission. All submitted manuscripts undergo mandatory automated screening prior to peer review.

< 25%

Max. Similarity Index

Turnitin

Automated Screening

Zero Tolerance

Duplicate Submission

COPE Standards

Ethical Misconduct Procedures

i Plagiarism Detection Procedure

Mandatory Desk Screening via Turnitin

Every manuscript submitted to JCEBS is screened using Turnitin anti-plagiarism software during the initial desk evaluation. Screening is conducted by the Desk Editor prior to forwarding manuscripts to Section Editors or assigning them to independent peer reviewers.

The overall Turnitin similarity index must be strictly below 25%, and similarity from any single published source must not exceed 3%.

i Forms of Academic Misconduct

Direct & Unattributed Copying

Unacceptable

Verbatim copying or paraphrasing of text, empirical models, equations, data, figures, tables, or ideas from another source without explicit citation, quotation marks, and proper reference acknowledgment.

Self-Plagiarism & Text Recycling

Restricted

Reusing substantial portions of the author's own previously published work (including conference proceedings, working papers, book chapters, or prior journal articles) without explicit attribution or permission.

Redundant & Duplicate Submission

Prohibited

Submitting the same manuscript (or substantially identical research) simultaneously to multiple journals, or publishing identical empirical results across multiple publications.

Data Fabrication & Falsification

Severe Misconduct

Manipulating financial datasets, inventing survey responses, altering econometric test results, or selectively omitting statistical outputs to artificially support research hypotheses.

i Similarity Thresholds & Editorial Actions

Similarity Score	Evaluation Status	Editorial Action Taken
Below 25% Acceptable overlap	PASSES SCREENING	Manuscript proceeds to Double-Blind Peer Review.
25% – 35% Moderate overlap	REVISION REQUIRED	Returned to author for mandatory rewriting, paraphrasing, and re-submission within 7 days before peer review.
Above 35% High similarity score	DESK REJECTION	Manuscript is immediately desk-rejected without peer review due to excessive overlap.
Severe Plagiarism / Fabrication Direct copying or falsification	REJECTION & SANCTION	Immediate rejection, formal notification sent to author's institution, and 2-year submission ban to JCEBS.

i COPE Guidelines & Post-Publication Actions

Handling Allegations of Misconduct Post-Publication

JCEBS adheres strictly to COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) flowcharts when handling suspected ethical misconduct. If plagiarism or data fabrication is discovered post-publication:

An investigation will be conducted by the Editorial Board.
If proven, a formal Retraction Notice will be published online, linked to the original article PDF.
The article PDF will be watermarked as RETRACTED while remaining accessible for scientific record integrity.
Relevant indexing databases and the author's affiliated institution will be officially notified.