Journal of Religious and Socio-Cultural (JRSC), as a respected international journal in the religious sciences field, is committed to ensuring that all authors comply with international standards of academic integrity, particularly in relation to plagiarism. JRSC strongly condemns and discourages the practice of plagiarism in academic publications.

All articles submitted to JRSC will be screened for plagiarism using plagiarism detection tools such as Turnitin and Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate). Both applications are used to detect any overlap between the submitted manuscript and previously published or submitted manuscripts. JRSC will reject articles that contain plagiarism or self-plagiarism without exception.

Before submitting articles to reviewers, all submissions are first checked for similarity or plagiarism by a member of the editorial team. The accepted level of similarity for papers submitted to JRSC must be below 20%. Authors can visit our Similarity Check page for further information on how to interpret these reports.

Plagiarism is defined as the act of presenting someone else’s thoughts or words as one's own, without permission, acknowledgment, or proper citation. This includes copying word for word, paraphrasing another author’s work, or failing to cite the source properly. We consider plagiarism to be a serious violation in international academic publications, even when it occurs unintentionally. It is still regarded as an academic misconduct and is unacceptable in published work.

When authors obtain specific information (such as a name, date, place, statistical number, or other detailed data) from a particular source, a citation is required. This is only excused in cases of general knowledge, where the information is found in more than five sources or is widely known.

To help identify plagiarism, the following situations should be noted:

1. Literal copying - An author may copy another author's work word for word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. This practice can be detected by comparing the original source with the suspected manuscript.

2. Substantial copying - An author may reproduce a substantial part of another author’s work without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. "Substantial" can be understood both in terms of quality and quantity, often used in the context of intellectual property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in relation to the overall work.

3. Paraphrasing - Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and rephrasing them in new sentences within the work. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not properly cite or acknowledge the original work/author. This type of plagiarism is more difficult to identify.

The JRSC takes academic integrity very seriously, and the editors reserve the right to withdraw acceptance from any paper found to violate the standards outlined above. As part of its right to remove the article, JRSC also reserves the right to delete or make inaccessible any files containing content that violates the law, applicable JRSC policies, or third-party rights.

For more information, potential authors can contact the editorial office at journalofrsc@gmail.com.