Policy of Plagiarism Detection

Energy Sustainability is committed to maintaining academic integrity and preventing plagiarism in scholarly publications. All submitted manuscripts may be checked for similarity using plagiarism detection tools, such as Turnitin. As a general guideline, manuscripts should have an acceptable similarity level, preferably not exceeding 20%, excluding references, commonly used technical terms, and properly quoted or cited text. Manuscripts with excessive similarity, plagiarism, improper citation, or unattributed use of sources may be rejected or returned to the authors for correction before further editorial processing. Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality of their work and the proper citation of all sources.

The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, or improper citation practices.

 

Similarity Check

Manuscripts submitted to Energy Sustainability will be screened for similarity using plagiarism detection tools. The editorial team will evaluate the similarity report carefully, considering the percentage of similarity, the source of similarity, and the context of the matched text.

 

Similarity Threshold

All submitted manuscripts may be checked for similarity using plagiarism detection tools, such as Turnitin. As a general guideline, manuscripts should have an acceptable similarity level, preferably not exceeding 20%, excluding references, commonly used technical terms, and properly quoted or cited text. Manuscripts with excessive similarity, plagiarism, improper citation, or unattributed use of sources may be rejected or returned to the authors for correction before further editorial processing. Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality of their work and the proper citation of all sources.

 

Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscript is original and properly cited. Any text, data, figures, tables, or ideas taken from other sources must be clearly acknowledged and cited.