Similarity Check
JBRES uses industry-leading tools to verify manuscript originality before peer review.
Our Commitment to Originality
Plagiarism and self-plagiarism undermine the integrity of scientific publishing. JBRES screens every submitted manuscript using CrossRef's iThenticate service and Turnitin to ensure all submitted work is original and properly attributed.
When Screening Occurs
- At submission — all manuscripts are screened immediately upon receipt
- At revision — revised manuscripts are re-screened to check that revisions are original
- At production — final accepted version is checked one final time before publication
Acceptable Similarity Thresholds
| Similarity Score | Outcome |
|---|---|
| < 15% | ✅ Acceptable — proceeds to review |
| 15–25% | ⚠️ Editor review — sources assessed manually |
| 25–40% | ❌ Returned to author for revision and resubmission with explanation |
| > 40% | 🚫 Rejected — author notified; institution may be informed |
* Similarity scores are not absolute — matched text from the author's own properly cited prior work or reference lists may be excluded from the score at the editor's discretion.
Types of Plagiarism We Detect
- Direct plagiarism — copying text from another source without attribution
- Paraphrasing plagiarism — rewording another author's ideas without attribution
- Self-plagiarism — reusing substantial portions of your own previously published work without disclosure
- Image plagiarism — using unpermitted figures from other publications
- Duplicate submission — submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously
- Salami slicing — artificially dividing one study into multiple small publications to inflate output
Advice for Authors
Always cite sources when using ideas, data, or language from other works. For direct quotations, use quotation marks and cite the source. When reproducing your own prior published figures or tables, obtain permission from the original publisher and disclose the prior publication in your manuscript.