Originality and Plagiarism

PLAGIARISM AND SIMILARITY SCREENING

Media Wisata (MWS) is committed to maintaining the originality, integrity, and ethical standards of all published works. The journal has a strict policy against plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, redundant publication, and other forms of inappropriate reuse of previously published material.

 

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors are fully responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts constitute original scholarly work.

Authors must properly acknowledge and cite all ideas, data, findings, words, images, tables, figures, or other materials originating from other sources.

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

  • presenting another person's ideas, words, data, or work as one's own;
  • copying text without appropriate quotation and citation;
  • inappropriate paraphrasing that does not adequately acknowledge the original source;
  • presenting another person's research findings or data without proper attribution;
  • substantial reuse of one's own previously published material without appropriate disclosure and citation (self-plagiarism);
  • duplicate or redundant publication of substantially similar content; and
  • submitting or publishing substantially overlapping manuscripts in multiple journals without appropriate disclosure.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all sources are appropriately cited and that permission has been obtained where required for copyrighted materials.

 

Similarity Screening

All submitted manuscripts may undergo a similarity screening using appropriate similarity-detection software, such as Turnitin or an equivalent tool, as part of the journal's editorial screening process.

Media Wisata applies a maximum similarity index of 10% as an editorial screening threshold.

The 10% threshold is not an automatic determination that a manuscript is free from plagiarism. The editorial team will examine the similarity report, including the sources, location, nature, and context of the identified similarities.

Legitimate similarities, such as commonly used technical terminology, methodological expressions, standard definitions, properly quoted material, bibliographic information, and other unavoidable similarities may be considered differently from inappropriate textual overlap.

A manuscript that exceeds the similarity threshold may be returned to the author for clarification or revision, subjected to further editorial assessment, or rejected depending on the nature and extent of the similarities.

Manuscripts with evidence of serious plagiarism, duplicate publication, or other forms of publication misconduct may be rejected immediately or handled according to the journal's Publication Ethics policy.

  1. Similarity Report

Authors are required to conduct a similarity check before submitting a manuscript and are required to upload the similarity report as a supplementary file when submitting the manuscript, in accordance with the Submission Checklist.

The similarity report should clearly identify the similarity percentage and the sources detected by the software.

Authors should review the similarity report carefully before submission and address inappropriate similarities through proper paraphrasing, quotation, citation, or removal of duplicated material.

 

Author Responsibility

The use of similarity-detection software does not replace the author's responsibility for maintaining research and publication integrity.

Authors remain responsible for:

  • the originality of the manuscript;
  • accurate and complete citation of sources;
  • appropriate paraphrasing and quotation;
  • disclosure of previously published or overlapping material;
  • obtaining necessary permissions for copyrighted materials; and
  • responding truthfully to editorial inquiries concerning originality and publication ethics.

The use of reference-management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, or equivalent tools is strongly recommended to assist authors in managing citations and references consistently.

 

Editorial Action

If plagiarism or other forms of inappropriate text reuse are identified during editorial screening or peer review, the editorial team may take one or more of the following actions:

  • request an explanation or clarification from the author;
  • request revision of the affected content;
  • require additional citation or disclosure;
  • reject the manuscript;
  • withdraw or retract an article when misconduct is identified after publication; or
  • take other appropriate action in accordance with the Media Wisata Publication Ethics policy and applicable publication-ethics standards.

The severity of the editorial action will depend on the extent, nature, intent, and circumstances of the suspected misconduct.

 

Post-Publication Concerns

Concerns regarding plagiarism, duplicate publication, or other forms of publication misconduct may be reported to the editorial team after publication.

When a credible concern is received, Media Wisata may investigate the matter and, where necessary, contact the authors and relevant institutions or organizations.

If substantial misconduct is confirmed after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate post-publication notice in accordance with its Publication Ethics policy.

 

Ethical Statement

By submitting a manuscript to Media Wisata, authors confirm that the manuscript is original, has not been published previously in substantially similar form, is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere, and appropriately acknowledges the work of others.

Authors also acknowledge that failure to comply with the journal's originality and plagiarism policy may result in rejection of the manuscript or post-publication corrective action.