Plagiarism Policy

  • All manuscripts submitted to the International Journal of Global Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Security must be original and free from plagiarism or unattributed use of previously published material.

  • The journal generally requires the similarity index to remain below 10%, excluding references, bibliography, and properly cited quotations.

  • All submissions may undergo plagiarism and similarity screening before entering the peer-review process.

  • Authors are responsible for properly acknowledging all sources, quotations, ideas, data, figures, and previously published work used in their manuscripts.

  • Manuscripts demonstrating substantial plagiarism, duplicate publication, or significant unattributed similarity may be rejected without proceeding to peer review.

  • Where academic misconduct is identified after publication, the journal may take appropriate corrective action, including retraction or publication of a correction or notice, in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.