Plagiarism Policy

  • The authors have to ensure that the manuscript submitted for publication is free from plagiarism and academic malpractices.
  • The authors are required to submit a similarity report.
  • They also need to ensure that the article has not been published before.
  • PRJSS strictly follows the Plagiarism Policy as per guidelines of HEC.
  • The Similarity Report on Turnitin should be below 19%. If the similarity Report of the submitted manuscript is more than 19% then it will be rejected.
  • The editorial board of PRJSS is very strict regarding plagiarism. 
  • The editorial board of PRJSS  will check Similarity Index Report of the accepted paper (after the desk review) for further processing before its publication.
  • The paper may be accepted / rejected based on similarity index as per HEC policy.