The editorial board of the Journal of Constitutional Law Society (JCLS) maintains a strict policy against plagiarism and is committed to ensuring the originality of all published manuscripts. To uphold academic integrity and ethical scholarly publication, all submitted manuscripts will undergo plagiarism screening using similarity detection software before entering the peer review process and prior to publication. JCLS permits a maximum similarity index of 20%. Manuscripts exceeding this threshold may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected by the editorial board.

Plagiarism is defined as the act of using, reproducing, or closely imitating another author’s language, ideas, data, analysis, or academic work without proper acknowledgment and presenting them as original work.

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• direct plagiarism;
• self-plagiarism;
• improper paraphrasing;
• uncredited quotations;
• data plagiarism;
• citation manipulation;
• and unauthorized use of intellectual property.

All submissions to JCLS must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Any directly quoted material must be clearly identified using quotation marks, indentation when necessary, and proper citation in accordance with academic standards. Authors are fully responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts do not contain plagiarized materials or violate copyright laws. When plagiarism is suspected, the editorial board of JCLS will follow the ethical guidelines and procedures established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

1. Minor Plagiarism

A short section of text or sentence is copied without proper citation, but no substantial ideas, arguments, or research findings are affected.

Editorial Action: The author will receive a warning and be required to revise the manuscript with proper citation and acknowledgment.

2. Moderate Plagiarism

A significant portion of text, ideas, arguments, or data is reproduced without proper attribution.

Editorial Action: The manuscript will be rejected immediately and returned to the author.

3. Severe Plagiarism

A substantial part of the manuscript contains copied materials, including research findings, legal analysis, theories, data, or other intellectual contributions from previously published works.

Editorial Action: The manuscript will be rejected, retracted if already published, and the author may be prohibited from submitting future manuscripts to JCLS.

JCLS is committed to maintaining academic integrity, ethical legal scholarship, and responsible publication practices in accordance with international publishing standards and COPE guidelines.