Plagiarism Policy

AT-THULLAB: JURNAL PENDIDIKAN GURU MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH editorial board recognizes that plagiarism is unacceptable and has established the following policy regarding actions and penalties for manuscripts identified as containing plagiarism or excessive similarity. AT-THULLAB: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Madrasah Ibtidaiyah uses Turnitin originality-checking software to detect similarities in submitted manuscripts and the final versions of articles prepared for publication. A maximum similarity index of 20% is permitted for submitted manuscripts. If a manuscript exceeds the allowed similarity threshold, it will be returned to the author for revision and resubmission.

Definition:

Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."

Policy:

Manuscripts submitted to AT-THULLAB: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Madrasah Ibtidaiyah must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source must be clearly distinguished from the original text through (1) indentation, (2) the use of quotation marks, and (3) proper identification of the source.

Any text exceeding fair use standards (defined herein as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent amount of content), as well as any graphic material reproduced from another source, requires permission from the copyright holder and, where possible, the original author(s). Such materials must also include proper acknowledgment of the source, including previous publication information when applicable.

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor-in-Chief responsible for the manuscript review will determine appropriate actions based on the extent of plagiarism detected and in accordance with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism

Minor Plagiarism

A small sentence or short paragraph from another manuscript is considered plagiarized, but no significant data, ideas, or findings have been taken from the other paper or publication.

Punishment: A warning will be issued to the authors, and they will be requested to revise the manuscript and provide proper citations to the original sources.

Intermediate Plagiarism

A significant amount of data, paragraphs, or sentences from another article are plagiarized without proper citation or acknowledgment of the original source.

Punishment: The submitted article will automatically be rejected.

Severe Plagiarism

A large portion of an article is plagiarized, involving the reproduction of various elements from other publications, including original results (data, formulations, equations, laws, statements, etc.), ideas, and research methods.

Punishment: The manuscript will automatically be rejected, and the authors will be prohibited from submitting future articles to the journal.