Screening for Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of when one author uses another work/author (copying someone's prior ideas, processes, results, or words) without permission, credit, or acknowledgment. Forest and Nature are strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works.

Forest and Nature considers plagiarism as a serious offense and will blacklist authors who knowingly cite or use material from other published works without proper acknowledgment. Authors are recommended to use a plagiarism checking program to check the similarity to prior publications before undergoing the review process or before publication. Every manuscript that is also submitted to this journal will be screened for plagiarism using the Turnitin Program before submission or publication by the Forest and Nature Editor.

The following types of plagiarism are considered by Forest and Nature:

• Full Plagiarism: Previously published content without any changes to the text, idea, and grammar is considered full plagiarism. It involves presenting exact text from a source as if it were one's own.
• Partial Plagiarism: If the content is a mixture of multiple sources, where the author has extensively rephrased the text, then it is known as partial plagiarism.
• Self-Plagiarism: When an author reuses complete or portions of their previously published research, it is known as self-plagiarism. Complete self-plagiarism occurs when an author republishes their own previously published work in a new journal.

If plagiarism is detected by the editorial board member, reviewer, editor, etc., at any stage of the article process- before or after acceptance, during editing, or at a page proof stage. We will notify the author(s) of this and ask them to either rewrite the content or cite the references from which it was taken. If more than 20% of the paper is plagiarized, the article will be returned to the author for correction. Manuscripts that have been corrected will be re-examined until the results of plagiarism are less than 20%.

If plagiarism is detected after publication, the Journal will investigate. If plagiarism is found, the competent authority of the Forest and Nature will contact the author's institute and funding agencies. The paper containing the plagiarism will be marked on each page of the PDF. Depending on the extent of the plagiarism, the paper may also be formally retracted.

Screening for plagiarism will be conducted by Forest and Nature Editorial Team using Grammarly®, Plagiarism Checker, and Crossref Similarity Check, a plagiarism screening service developed by iThenticate.