ADHERENCE: Journal of Study HIV-AIDS is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and ethical publishing. All submitted manuscripts must be original works and free from all forms of plagiarism.

To ensure this, every manuscript submitted to the journal will undergo a plagiarism screening process before being sent for peer review. The screening is conducted using reliable plagiarism detection software to identify similarities with previously published works.

The journal defines plagiarism as the use, reproduction, or paraphrasing of another author’s ideas, words, data, or work without proper acknowledgment or permission. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Direct plagiarism (copying text without citation)
• Self-plagiarism (reusing one’s own previously published work without acknowledgment)
• Mosaic plagiarism (patchwriting from multiple sources)
• Improper paraphrasing without proper attribution
• Duplicate publication of the same research in multiple journals

Manuscripts with a high similarity index or evidence of unethical writing practices may be:

• Returned to authors for revision,
• Rejected prior to review, or
• Retracted if detected after publication.

Authors are fully responsible for ensuring the originality of their submissions and must properly cite all sources used in their manuscripts. The journal reserves the right to take appropriate action against any form of academic misconduct in accordance with publication ethics standards.

By submitting a manuscript to ADHERENCE: Journal of Study HIV-AIDS, authors agree to comply with this plagiarism policy and uphold the principles of academic honesty and integrity.