Anti-plagiarism policy

One of the most important requirements for successful publication of an article is its originality and proper use of previously published works of the author(s) or other scientists. The journal BULLETIN AB RGS respects intellectual property, strongly opposes plagiarism in any form and strives to protect and encourage the honest work of its authors.

By submitting a manuscript to the journal, it is understood that it is an original manuscript, unpublished work and is not under consideration elsewhere. All authors submitting articles to the journal BULLETIN AB RGS must comply with ethical standards of publication, they are considered individually and collectively responsible for the content of their published manuscripts. Consequently, each author is responsible for adhering to the highest ethical standards regarding plagiarism.

We refer to plagiarism as the unethical act of copying someone else's previous ideas, results, or words without explicit acknowledgement of the original author and source. Plagiarism is a violation of copyright law and can manifest itself in various forms.

 

The following types of plagiarism are considered:

Full plagiarism: Previously published content without any change in text, idea and grammar is considered full plagiarism. This includes presenting the exact text from the source as your own.

Partial Plagiarism: If the content is a mixture of several different sources where the author has extensively paraphrased the text, it is called partial plagiarism.

Self-plagiarism: When an author reuses substantial parts of their own published work without providing proper citations. This can range from publishing an entire identical manuscript in multiple journals (redundant publication, complete self-plagiarism) to modifying a previously published manuscript where only small amounts are added but the hypothesis, methodology or results remain similar (salami publication or segmented publication).

In the case of submission of a publication that was originally published in another language, the title, date and journal of the original publication must be given by the authors and copyright must be obtained. The editor may accept such a translated publication to bring it to the attention of a wider audience.

Policy on plagiarism before publication

All manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal BULLETIN AB RGS are checked for originality using anti-plagiarism software. For articles submitted in Russian we use the web-based Antiplagiarism system, for articles written in English we use various services such as Plagiarisma, Copyleaks, PlagScan and some others.

Manuscripts found to be plagiarised in the initial stages of peer review are rightly rejected and not considered for publication in the journal.

Post-publication plagiarism policy

If plagiarism is detected after an article has been published in the journal BULLETIN AB RGS, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct a preliminary investigation, possibly with the help of an appropriate committee set up for this purpose. If plagiarism is proven, the journal will contact the author's institution and funding agencies.

Determination of misconduct will result in the journal "Izvestia Altai Branch of the Russian Geographical Society" publishing a statement bi-directionally linked online to and from the original article to note the plagiarism and provide a link to the plagiarised article. The plagiarised article will also be explicitly marked on each page of the PDF file. Once the degree of plagiarism has been determined, the article may also be officially withdrawn.

Journal BULLETIN AB RGS disable the author's account with the journal and reject all future contributions from the author for a period of 03 / 05 / 10 years or even permanently ban the author.

In its plagiarism policy BULLETIN AB RGS acts in accordance with the Basic Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics:

Suspected plagiarism in a submitted manuscript

Suspected plagiarism in a published article