ORBIT Journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity and ethical publishing practices. All manuscripts submitted to ORBIT Journal must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication in any other journal or publication.
All submitted manuscripts will be screened using Turnitin plagiarism detection software prior to the peer review process.
1. Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as the use of another person’s ideas, text, data, or research findings without proper acknowledgment and citation, and presenting them as one’s own work. This includes direct copying, improper paraphrasing, and the unauthorized use of tables, figures, or data.
Self-plagiarism refers to the reuse of an author’s own previously published work, in whole or in part, without appropriate citation, acknowledgment, or disclosure to the editor. Both plagiarism and self-plagiarism are considered serious violations of publication ethics.
The acceptable similarity index for manuscripts submitted to ORBIT Journal must be below 20%. Similarity resulting from references, quotations, or standard methodological descriptions may be excluded at the discretion of the editorial team.
Manuscripts that exceed the similarity threshold may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected, depending on the severity of the plagiarism detected.
2. Duplicate (Redundant) Publications
Duplicate or redundant publication occurs when an author submits or publishes substantially similar content in more than one journal or publication without proper disclosure or cross-referencing. This includes overlapping data, analyses, discussions, or conclusions.
Manuscripts that have been previously published, or are currently under review elsewhere, will not be considered for publication in ORBIT Journal. If a manuscript is derived from prior work (such as a conference paper or thesis), authors must clearly disclose this information at the time of submission and provide proper citation to the original source.
Cases of suspected duplicate publication will be handled in accordance with the ethical guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
3. Preprint Policy
ORBIT Journal allows authors to submit manuscripts that have been previously posted on non-commercial preprint servers, provided that the manuscript has not undergone formal peer review or been published elsewhere.
Authors must disclose the existence of a preprint version at the time of submission and include a citation or link to the preprint in the manuscript. Upon acceptance and publication in ORBIT Journal, authors are encouraged to update the preprint record with a link to the final published version of the article.
