Plagiarism Policy

An unethical practice of using someone else's ideas, methods, results, or words without explicitly citing the original author and source is known as plagiarism. When an author uses his/her previously published work without providing the proper citations, this is known as self-plagiarism. This can involve updating a previously published work with fresh information or publishing the same manuscript in several journals.

The Asian Journal of Environmental Studies (AJES) is strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. Large chunks of a document being copied entirely from already existing, previously published materials is considered plagiarism. Utilising the Turnitin programme, all manuscripts submitted to journals for publication are double-checked for plagiarism. Plagiarised manuscripts are outright rejected and not given consideration for publishing in the journal if they are discovered during the earliest stages of review. If a manuscript is discovered to have been plagiarised after it has been published, the Editor-in-Chief will launch a first investigation, maybe with the aid of a proper committee set up for the purpose. The journal will get in touch with the author's institute, college, university, and funding agency, if any, if the submission is determined to contain plagiarism that exceeds the acceptable limits. If there is a finding of misconduct, the journal will publish a statement with a bidirectional link to and from the original manuscript, pointing out the plagiarism and citing the offending passage. Each page of the PDF containing the plagiarised document will also be noted. The paper might also be formally retracted when the extent of plagiarism has been confirmed.

AJES has a clear policy for all types of plagiarism (i.e., full, partial, or self plagiarism).

Policy and Action

The journal respects intellectual property and works to safeguard and publicise the authors' original works. Plagiarism is against the standards of quality, research, and innovation in manuscripts. As a result, it is expected of all authors who submit works to journals to uphold ethical standards and refrain from plagiarism in any manner. If an author is suspected of plagiarising in a manuscript that has been submitted or published, the journal will contact the author(s) and ask them to provide an explanation within two weeks. This explanation may then be given to the committee established for this purpose for further action. The Dean/ Director/Head of the Institution, or Organization, or the Vice Chancellor of the University to which the author is affiliated, will be contacted to take strict action against the concerned author if the journal does not receive a response from the author within the allotted time period.

When published submissions are discovered to include plagiarism, the journal will take significant action against the author(s) and remove them entirely from the website as well as any other third-party websites where the work is listed and indexed. When an article found in the database of a journal is said to have been plagiarised, the journal will form a committee to look into the matter. If it is proven that a manuscript has been plagiarised from a previously published work, the journal will support the original author and manuscript, regardless of the publisher, and may take any or all of the following immediate actions or follow the additional course of action recommended by the committee.

1. AJES shall suspend the PDF copy of the published manuscript from the website and disable all links to full text article until the case is resolved. The PDF file will either be removed permanently or restored (if cleared).
2. In case the author(s) found guilty, the Editorial office shall immediately contact the Dean/ Director/Head of the Institution, or Organization or the Vice Chancellor of the University to which the author(s) is (are) affiliated to take strict action against the concerned author(s).
3. AJES shall disable the author account with the journal and reject all future submissions from the author for a period of at least 03 years or even ban the authors permanently (depending upon the severity of the case).
4. AJES may also display the list of such authors along with their full contact details on the journal website.