Plagiarism Checker

Plagiarism Screening Policy

Jurnal Risalah Dakwah (JRD) is committed to maintaining academic integrity, originality, and ethical standards in scholarly publishing. To ensure the originality of submitted manuscripts, all articles are screened for plagiarism using Turnitin.

1. Similarity Threshold

JRD applies a maximum similarity threshold of 20%.

Manuscripts with a similarity score above 20% may be subject to one or more of the following editorial decisions:

  • returned to the author for revision;
  • requested for clarification;
  • placed on editorial hold;
  • rejected by the Editorial Team.

The final decision depends on the nature, extent, and location of the similarity found in the manuscript.

2. Two-Stage Plagiarism Screening

Plagiarism screening at JRD is conducted in two stages:

  • First screening: conducted upon initial submission, before the manuscript proceeds to the peer-review process.
  • Second screening: conducted before the manuscript enters the production stage, after peer review, revision, and copyediting have been completed.

The second screening is intended to ensure that the final version of the manuscript still meets the journal’s originality standards before publication.

3. Qualitative Assessment of Similarity Reports

The Editorial Team does not evaluate plagiarism based only on the numerical similarity score. Each Turnitin report is assessed qualitatively to determine whether the similarity is acceptable or problematic.

Acceptable similarity may include:

  • properly cited direct quotations;
  • references or bibliographic entries;
  • standard methodological expressions;
  • common academic phrases;
  • unavoidable technical terms.

Problematic similarity may include:

  • unattributed copying;
  • close paraphrasing;
  • patchwriting;
  • excessive textual borrowing;
  • duplicate submission;
  • redundant publication;
  • self-plagiarism or inappropriate text recycling.

4. Editorial Discretion

A manuscript with a similarity score below 20% may still be returned for revision or rejected if the Editorial Team finds evidence of unethical textual overlap, improper citation, misleading paraphrasing, or substantial similarity in core sections of the article.

A manuscript with a similarity score slightly above 20% may still be considered if the similarity comes from acceptable sources, such as references, correctly cited quotations, or standard methodological descriptions. However, the author must revise the manuscript according to the Editorial Team’s recommendations.

5. Action in Cases of Suspected Plagiarism

If plagiarism or unethical textual overlap is detected, JRD may take the following actions:

  • ask the author to provide clarification;
  • request substantial revision;
  • suspend the editorial process;
  • reject the manuscript;
  • withdraw the manuscript from the production process;
  • issue a correction, editorial notice, or retraction if the problem is identified after publication.

6. Author Responsibility

Authors are fully responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are original, properly cited, and free from plagiarism.

By submitting a manuscript to JRD, authors confirm that:

  • the manuscript is their original work;
  • the manuscript has not been previously published in substantially the same form;
  • the manuscript is not under consideration by another journal;
  • all sources, quotations, data, and ideas from other works have been properly acknowledged;
  • any reuse of the authors’ own previous work has been clearly disclosed and properly cited.