COMSEP is trying to help editors verify the originality of submitted manuscripts. As part of this process, selected submitted manuscripts are scanned and compared with the Grammarly® Plagiarism Checker and Turnitin database.

PLAGIARISM PRIOR PUBLISHING:

COMSEP journals will judge any case of plagiarism within its limits. If plagiarism is detected by the editorial board member, reviewer, editor, etc., in any stage of the article process- before or after acceptance then we will alert the same to the author(s) and will ask them to rewrite the content or to cite the references from where the content has been taken.

WHEN DOES THE PLAGIARISM CHECK DO?

All the submitted manuscripts for publication are checked for plagiarism after submission and before starting the review.

HOW IS PLAGIARISM HANDLED?

The manuscripts in which plagiarism is detected are handled based on the extent of the plagiarism. >5%

Similarity: The manuscript will be given an ID and the manuscript is sent to the author for content revision.

0-20% Similarity, the manuscript will proceed to the Review stage.
21-25% Similarity, the results of the Turnitin check will be sent to the author for content revision before proceeding to the Review stage.
>25% Similarity, the manuscript will be rejected without going through the peer-review process. The authors will receive the results and are advised to revise the manuscript and resubmit it. Authors may be given a chance to revise depending on the potential impact and quality of data.