Screening for Plagiarism

Every manuscript submitted to Lintas Ilmu is checked with Turnitin before it goes to review, and again before publication.

If overall similarity is above 20%, or more than 3% of the text matches a single source, the manuscript is returned to the author for revision before review.
A low score does not clear a manuscript automatically. The editor reads the report and looks at what has been matched. Copying another author's text, data, or figures without credit leads to rejection at any percentage.
Matches to the reference list, to standard method phrases, and to properly quoted text are not counted against the author.

Words. Using another author's sentences or distinctive phrases without quotation marks and a citation. Paraphrasing that keeps the original sentence structure with a few words swapped also counts.
Ideas. Using someone else's argument, interpretation, method, or framework without citing it, even if you develop it further. Cite the source first, then explain what you added.
Data and figures. Reusing tables, charts, images, or datasets without credit and, where needed, permission.
Text recycling. Reusing substantial parts of your own published work, including a thesis chapter already published elsewhere, without saying so and citing it.
Translation. Translating a published work from another language and presenting it as new.

General knowledge needs no citation. Specific figures, dates, names, and findings do. When in doubt, cite.

If plagiarism is found after publication, the article is handled under the Correction and Retraction policy.