Plagiarism detection policy

Plagiarism detection policy

Universitas (León) Verify the originality of the content presented before publication: In the academic editor's review and in the peer review. The editor/reviewer committee selects questionable segments (phrases, sentences, and paragraphs) from the original document received and, by copying, pastes it into the search engine window to detect plagiarism. If four or fewer literal expressions equal to those appearing in another publication are detected, the article is returned to the author for its correct citation, if the number is higher, the article will be considered as not meeting the originality criteria. Once the author of the article has been notified of the non-compliance with originality, and the latter will request in writing the editorial committee that will make the improvements corresponding to the document, they will be authorized only once, to make the improvements and to continue to breach the criteria of originality. will reject.  It is worth mentioning that our journal requires, in parallel to the sending of the manuscript, a declaration of originality signed by all the authors.

As a third mechanism for verifying originality, the editorial committee will recommend the authors of the manuscripts submitted carry out an “auto-plagiarism” assessment prior to submission. Rev. Iberoam journal. Bioecon. Climate Change recommends the committee of editors, evaluators, and authors to use tools to detect plagiarism based on computer programs created for this purpose and freely accessible.

Among the recommended programs are:

Turnitin   Empower Students to Do Their Best, Original Work | Turnitin

Viper. http://www.scanmyessay.com/viperdownload.php

Plagiarism. http://plagiarisma.net/es/

Further, our journal has iThenticate Plagiarism Detector Plugin installed that Sends all submissions to iThenticate to be checked for possible plagiarism.

The editors, evaluators, and authors may use other programs to detect plagiarism, for this they must notify the director of edition and publication of the journal, the name of the program, URL if it is freely available or commercial.

Similarly, a review of the bibliographic references is made in the Crossref Query Services Account Request Form to verify and add the DOI to each of the references.