Plagiarism policy
The journal “Messenger of Kyiv National Linguistic University. Series Philology” is committed to publishing only original material, i.e., material that has neither been published elsewhere, nor is under review elsewhere.
The journal “Messenger of Kyiv National Linguistic University. Series Philology” uses software (UNICHECK) to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Manuscripts in which plagiarism or textual borrowings are found without reference to the original source are rejected by the editorial board for publication in the journal.
Plagiarism before publication
The journal “Messenger of Kyiv National Linguistic University. Series Philology” will judge any case of plagiarism on its own merits. If plagiarism is detected, either by the editorial board, peer reviewers or editorial staff at any stage before publication of a manuscript – before or after acceptance, during editing or at page proof stage, we will alert the author(s), asking her / him to either rewrite the text or quote the text exactly and to cite the original source. If plagiarism is extensive – that is, if over 15% of the original submission is plagiarized – the article may be rejected and the author's institution/employer notified.
Policy of checking for plagiarism
The manuscripts in which plagiarism is detected are handled based on the extent of plagiarism present in the manuscript: if < 15% plagiarism – the manuscript is immediately sent back to the author(s) for content revision, and if > 15% plagiarism – the manuscript is rejected without editorial review. The authors are advised to revise the plagiarized parts of the manuscript and resubmit it as a fresh manuscript.
The percentage of plagiarism is calculated by software and also assessed by the editorial board manually.
Plagiarism after publication
If plagiarism is detected after publication, the editorial board will conduct an investigation. If plagiarism is found, the journal editorial office will contact the author. The paper containing plagiarism will be marked on each page of the PDF file. Depending on the extent of the plagiarism, the paper may also be formally retracted.
Recommendations for avoiding plagiarism:
- use quotation marks around words taken verbatim from a source;
- change no part of quotation within the context of the sentence;
- use single marks for a quotation within a quotation;
- use ellipses (a space and three periods) for a part of the quotation omitted;
- use brackets around added words;
- limit the use of direct quotes;
- attempt to paraphrase the information, or summarize the information derived from a variety of sources using your own words.
Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permission for reproducing illustrations, tables, figures taken from other authors and/or sources. Permission must be placed at the foot of each figure.
Self-Plagiarism
Some authors may write several chapters for several different books that are changed only slightly. Each manuscript is copyrighted when published. Because the author no longer owns the rights to these words, one should not plagiarize them. Most editors and reviewers would argue that self-plagiarism is unethical. Thus, an author cannot copy one’s own material for a new manuscript without permission of the copyright holder. Alternatives include using quotes around short phrases of their own work and citing appropriate references.
