Screaning Plagiarism

The Editorial Board of ‘Seni Rupa’ recognises that plagiarism is unacceptable and therefore sets out the following policy which states certain actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article submitted for publication in ‘Seni Rupa’. All submitted manuscripts will go through a plagiarism checking process using Turnitin software. The checking process will be conducted by the Editor upon acceptance of the manuscript. For plagiarism checking, ‘Seni Rupa’ will conduct a plagiarism check using Turnitin. If any indication of plagiarism is found (above 20%), the Editorial Board will automatically reject the manuscript.

Definition:
Plagiarism is ‘the use or close imitation of the language and thought of another author and representing it as one's own work.’

Policy:
Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not awaiting publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source must be clearly identified as distinct from the current original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source. Any text in excess of fair use standards (here defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent) or graphical material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, where possible, the original author and also requires identification of the source; for example, previous publications. When plagiarism is identified, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the review of this paper and will approve measures according to the level of plagiarism detected in the paper according to the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism
Minor: a short section of another article is plagiarised with no significant data or ideas taken from the other paper. Action: a warning is given to the author and a request to amend the text and properly cite the original article.
Medium level: a large part of a paper is plagiarised without properly citing to the original paper. Action: The submitted article is rejected and the author is banned from submitting further articles for one year.

Severe: a significant portion of a paper is plagiarised by reproducing original results or ideas presented in other publications. Action: the paper is rejected and the author is prohibited from submitting further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of the papers they submit as they all sign the ‘Seni Rupa’ Originality Declaration Form. If any penalties are imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same penalties. If a second case of plagiarism by the same author is identified, the decision on the action to be taken will be made by the Editorial board (Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial members) with the Chair of the Board of Editors. The author may be banned from submitting further articles for good.

This policy also applies to material reproduced from other publications by the same author. If an author uses previously published text or figures, the corresponding paragraph or figure must be identified and the previous publication referenced. It is understood that in the case of review papers or papers of a tutorial nature, most of the material has been published previously.

The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and publisher. If an author submits a manuscript to ‘Seni Rupa’ with significant overlap with a manuscript submitted to another journal simultaneously, and this overlap is discovered during the review process or after publication of both papers, the editor of the other journal will be notified and the case treated as a case of severe plagiarism. Significant overlap means the use of identical or nearly identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for half or more of the papers. For self-plagiarism of less than half of the paper but more than one-tenth of the paper, the case will be treated as medium plagiarism. If the self-plagiarism is limited to the methods section, the case will be considered as minor plagiarism.

If an author uses some previously published material to clarify the presentation of new results, the previously published material should be identified and the differences with the current publication should be mentioned. Permission to republish must be obtained from the copyright holder. In the case of a manuscript originally published in conference proceedings and subsequently submitted for publication in ‘Seni Rupa’ either in the same form or in an expanded form, the author should identify the name of the conference proceedings and the date of publication and obtain permission to republish from the copyright holder. The editor may decide not to accept this paper for publication.