Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism Policy

The MOBIS Journal (Journal of Management, Organization, and Business Innovation Studies) is strongly committed to upholding academic integrity and ensuring the originality of all published works. The MOBIS Editorial Board affirms that plagiarism in any form, whether intentional or unintentional, is unacceptable. Therefore, the following policy has been established to prevent and address plagiarism in manuscripts submitted to this journal.

Definition of Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined as the act of taking another person’s work—whether in the form of text, ideas, or data—and presenting it as one’s own without proper acknowledgment or citation of the original source.

General Provisions

  • Manuscripts submitted to the MOBIS Journal must be original, unpublished, and not under review by any other journal.

  • All direct and indirect quotations from other sources must be properly cited in accordance with academic standards.

  • All authors share full responsibility for ensuring the originality of the submitted manuscript.

Plagiarism Detection

All manuscripts are screened using plagiarism detection software such as Grammarly (www.grammarly.com) and Turnitin (www.turnitin.com) (effective since February 2024) to ensure originality.

Categories and Actions for Violations

  • Minor Plagiarism: Copying short sentences or phrases without proper citation.

    • Action: Authors will receive a warning and be required to revise the manuscript with proper citations.

  • Major Plagiarism: Copying substantial portions of another article without proper citation or acknowledgment.

    • Action: The manuscript will be rejected immediately, and the authors may be banned from submitting to the MOBIS Journal in the future.

Collective Responsibility of Authors

All listed authors are equally responsible for the content of the manuscript. In cases of confirmed plagiarism, the same sanction will apply to all authors.

Duplicate Submission

If it is proven that a manuscript has been submitted simultaneously to the MOBIS Journal and another journal with substantial overlap in content, the sanctions outlined under Major Plagiarism will be applied.

Other Violations

For any other forms of plagiarism not explicitly specified above, the Editorial Board reserves the right to determine appropriate sanctions based on the journal’s internal policies.