KJCDT: Kepanjen Journal of Community Development & Transformation is committed to maintaining academic integrity, originality, and ethical publishing standards. To ensure the quality and authenticity of all published articles, every manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes a plagiarism screening process before entering the peer-review stage.

The editorial team utilizes plagiarism detection software to assess the similarity level of submitted manuscripts and identify potential cases of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, improper citation, or other forms of academic misconduct.

Definition of Plagiarism

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• Copying words, ideas, data, images, tables, or research findings from other sources without proper acknowledgment.
• Presenting another person’s intellectual work as one’s own.
• Self-plagiarism, including the reuse of substantial portions of previously published work without appropriate citation.
• Improper paraphrasing that closely follows the original source without adequate attribution.
• Duplicate or redundant publication of the same or substantially similar work.

Screening Procedure

• All submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism during the initial editorial assessment.
• Manuscripts with indications of plagiarism or excessive similarity may be returned to the authors for revision, clarification, or rejection.
• The editorial board reserves the right to conduct additional plagiarism checks at any stage of the review or publication process.
• Authors may be requested to revise their manuscripts and properly cite sources when similarity concerns are identified.

Editorial Actions

If plagiarism or other forms of publication misconduct are detected, the journal may take one or more of the following actions:

• Request revisions or corrections from the author(s).
• Reject the manuscript.
• Remove the manuscript from the review process.
• Retract a published article if misconduct is identified after publication.
• Notify the author’s institution or relevant authorities in cases of serious ethical violations.

Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are original and that all sources are properly cited and referenced. By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that the work is their own, has not been plagiarized, and complies with the journal’s ethical standards.

Through this policy, KJCDT: Kepanjen Journal of Community Development & Transformation seeks to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity and promote ethical practices in community service publication, community development initiatives, and scholarly communication.