Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism Policy – CEERATJSD

CEERAT Journal of Society and Development (CEERATJSD) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published biannually. The journal strictly follows HEC (Pakistan) guidelines on plagiarism, maintaining a zero-tolerance policy.

Submissions must be original, with a Turnitin similarity index of 19% or less overall, and no single source exceeding 3%. Authors must properly cite all sources, including text, data, graphs, and ideas, and ensure any reused content is clearly attributed.

Upon submission, authors are required to declare the originality of their work and provide proper citations wherever prior work is referenced. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism during review will be rejected. If plagiarism is detected after publication, the journal reserves the right to correct or retract the article.