Plagiarism, in which one misrepresents ideas, words, computer codes or other creative expression as one's own, is a clear violation of such ethical principles. Plagiarism can also represent a violation of copyright law, punishable by statute. Plagiarism manifests itself in a variety of forms, including Verbatim copying, near-verbatim copying, or purposely paraphrasing portions of another author's paper; Copying elements of another author's paper, such as equations or illustrations that are not common knowledge, or copying or purposely paraphrasing sentences without citing the source; and Verbatim copying of portions of another author's paper with citing but not clearly differentiating what text has been copied (e.g., not applying quotation marks correctly) and/or not citing the source correctly. Self-plagiarism is a related issue.
Self-plagiarism is the verbatim or near-verbatim reuse of significant portions of one's own copyrighted work without citing the original source. Self-plagiarism does not apply to publications based on the author's own previously copyrighted work (e.g., appearing in a conference proceedings) where an explicit reference is made to the prior publication. Such reuse does not require quotation marks to delineate the reused text but does require that the source be cited.
All authors are deemed to be individually and collectively responsible for the content of papers published by Arthavaan. Hence, it is the responsibility of each author to ensure that papers submitted to Arthavaan attain the highest ethical standards with respect to plagiarism.
Arthavaan and the Arthavaan Publications Board place the investigation of each claim of plagiarism at the highest priority for resolution and action.
To inform Arthavaan of alleged plagiarism, send email to Arthavaan on official e-mail id and for complain following is the minimum information required:
The names and contacts of the person(s) making the claim and their relationship to the allegation (e.g., author of plagiarized work, reviewer or editor of plagiarizing work).
A citation to the original paper(s) (paper title, author, publication title, date of publication). A citation to the alleged plagiarizing paper. Indication of specific pages, sections, paragraphs in each work alleged as evidence of the plagiarism.
