Plagiarism Control

lagiarism Control and Publication Misconduct

Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism is defined as the use of another person’s ideas, words, data, or creative work—whether in whole or in part—without proper citation, or presenting them as one’s own. This includes self-plagiarism, where authors reuse substantial parts of their own previously published work without appropriate acknowledgment.

Nanar Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences applies a strict anti-plagiarism policy. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are screened using professional plagiarism detection software (such as iThenticate / Crossref Similarity Check) prior to peer review and, when necessary, after publication.

  • Minor similarity or duplication may require revision and proper citation.

  • Significant plagiarism will result in immediate rejection.

  • If plagiarism is discovered after publication, the journal will conduct a formal investigation and may issue a retraction.

Confirmed cases of plagiarism will be reported to the authors’ affiliated institutions and relevant funding bodies.

To report suspected plagiarism, please contact the journal office at:
nanar_journal@hilla-unc.edu.iq

Violations of Publication Ethics

The journal considers the following practices to be serious violations of publication ethics:

1. Plagiarism

The unauthorized use of another person’s ideas, text, or work, including reuse of the author’s own previously published material without proper citation.

2. Data Fabrication and Falsification

  • Fabrication: Making up data or results that were never obtained.

  • Falsification: Manipulating, altering, omitting, or selectively reporting research data or results.

3. Simultaneous Submission

Submitting a manuscript (or substantial parts of it) to more than one journal at the same time.

4. Duplicate Publication

Publishing substantially similar research—hypotheses, data, or conclusions—without proper cross-referencing or justification.

5. Redundant Publication

Inappropriate division of research results into multiple articles to artificially increase publication output.

6. Inappropriate Authorship

All listed authors must have made a significant scholarly contribution to the research. Contributors who meet authorship criteria must be included, and honorary or guest authorship is prohibited.

7. Citation Manipulation

Including excessive or irrelevant citations that do not contribute to the scientific content of the article and are intended solely to inflate citation metrics.

Penalties for Ethical Violations

If any of the above violations are confirmed, the journal may impose one or more of the following sanctions:

  • Immediate rejection of the manuscript.

  • Rejection of all other manuscripts submitted by the same author(s).

  • Retraction of the published article, if applicable.

  • Notification of the authors’ affiliated institutions and funding bodies.

  • A submission ban of not less than 36 months for all authors involved, either individually or jointly, across all journal submissions.