JPPMI | PUBLICATION INTEGRITY
Maintaining originality, responsible attribution, and integrity in scholarly community engagement publications.
Jurnal Pengabdian dan Pengembangan Masyarakat Indonesia (JPPMI) is committed to publishing original scholarly contributions that uphold academic integrity, responsible citation practices, and transparent reporting.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to originality and similarity assessment as part of the journal's editorial screening process. JPPMI uses Turnitin to support the identification of textual overlap with available sources.
Similarity screening is an editorial assessment tool. It does not replace academic judgment, and a similarity percentage alone does not establish whether plagiarism has occurred.
| Similarity screening tool | Turnitin |
| Similarity threshold | Maximum 30% |
| Primary screening stage | Before peer review |
| Final assessment | Editorial judgment and source examination |
Plagiarism involves presenting another person's words, ideas, data, figures, images, or other intellectual contributions as one's own without appropriate acknowledgment or authorization.
Plagiarism may occur through direct copying, inadequate paraphrasing, unattributed translation, misuse of visual material, or substantial reproduction of previously published content without proper citation.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all borrowed information and previously published materials are accurately attributed, regardless of whether an omission was intentional.
Copying substantial text or other protected material from a source without appropriate attribution or permission.
Reproducing the wording, sentence structure, or distinctive expression of a source with only minor changes and without adequate attribution.
Reusing substantial portions of an author's previously disseminated work without appropriate disclosure, citation, or a legitimate scholarly basis, including overlapping manuscripts derived from the same program.
Translating another source or previously published work and presenting it as a new original contribution without appropriate disclosure and attribution.
Using another person's datasets, photographs, diagrams, tables, instruments, or illustrations without appropriate acknowledgment or authorization.
JPPMI applies a maximum overall similarity threshold of 30% as part of its initial manuscript screening policy.
Manuscripts exceeding this threshold may be returned to authors for correction or further evaluated by the editor. The journal may decline a submission when significant unresolved plagiarism or redundant publication concerns are identified.
Interpretation of Similarity Scores: A similarity score at or below 30% does not automatically demonstrate originality or guarantee manuscript acceptance. Conversely, a score above 30% does not independently prove plagiarism. Editorial assessment considers the nature, extent, attribution, and context of the matching material.
Editors examine the similarity report to distinguish problematic textual overlap from material such as correctly attributed quotations, references, standard methodological terminology, institutional names, and other legitimate recurring expressions.
Similarity report settings and source exclusions may affect the resulting percentage. When necessary, editors may request further clarification or conduct additional source-level checks.
STEP 01
The manuscript is submitted through OJS and examined for completeness, journal scope, technical formatting, and required declarations.
STEP 02
The editorial office performs a similarity check and reviews the resulting report, including relevant matched passages and sources.
STEP 03
The editor determines whether the identified overlap is appropriately attributed, legitimate, potentially problematic, or indicative of misconduct.
STEP 04
Authors may be requested to revise overlapping passages, correct citations, disclose related publications, or explain the source and extent of textual similarities.
STEP 05
Depending on the findings, the manuscript may proceed to peer review, be returned for revision, undergo additional investigation, or be declined.
Community engagement manuscripts may describe recurring training methods, education programs, community locations, or standard implementation procedures. Such similarities are assessed in context.
Authors must nevertheless clearly identify the distinctive community problem, intervention activities, participating partners, evaluation methods, findings, and scholarly contribution of each manuscript.
Multiple manuscripts derived from the same community engagement program must provide substantively different contributions, transparently disclose their relationship, and avoid unnecessary duplication of methods, results, or conclusions.
Authors are expected to review the originality of their manuscripts before submission and maintain appropriate citation and attribution practices.
Authors remain responsible for the originality, accuracy, and integrity of all submitted content, including material prepared or edited with generative artificial intelligence tools.
AI-generated or AI-assisted wording does not remove the obligation to acknowledge underlying intellectual sources, verify references, and report AI use as required by journal policy.
A low text-similarity score does not establish that AI-generated statements, references, community activities, images, or evaluation data are accurate or authentic.
When substantial plagiarism, duplicate publication, or other scholarly integrity concerns are identified, JPPMI may request explanations and supporting evidence from the authors.
Depending on the seriousness and available evidence, the journal may require revision, decline the submission, consult the relevant institution, or initiate additional investigation according to its publication ethics procedures.
Suspected misconduct is evaluated fairly and confidentially. An allegation or similarity percentage alone is not treated as conclusive evidence of wrongdoing.
Plagiarism or redundant publication concerns may also be identified after an article has been published.
When credible concerns arise, JPPMI may review the published material, request explanations or relevant records, and determine an appropriate response according to its publication ethics and post-publication correction procedures.
Depending on the nature and severity of the findings, an editorial response may include clarification, correction, expression of concern, or retraction.
