Plagiarism Detection

The journal Bellas Artes is firmly committed to the detection of different plagiarism practices. In particular, and following the recommendations expressed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), special care is taken to ensure that the texts submitted are original and unpublished contributions, and that they have not been published partially or totally under any format of scientific dissemination.

The journal also checks that ethical behaviour is guaranteed during all stages of the editorial process, so that both the content and authorship of the original works are kept anonymous from their reception to the final stage of publication.

The submissions undergo an initial review phase for plagiarism, which is carried out by the Editorial Board with the advice of the expert members of Advisory Board, in order to detect the existence of partial or total coincidences that may be indicative of plagiarism.

Plagiarism detection is supported by the Turnitin service, which the Universidad de La Laguna employs in a corporate basis for this purpose.

If it is proven that plagiarism has been committed, the paper will be rejected and the author will be informed.

In case of doubt, the author will be urged to prove that no fraud has been committed, even partially, in the production of his/her work; and, in any case, he/she will be urged to correct what has been pointed out and to send the article again, so that it can be reviewed, and the absence of plagiarism in the text is guaranteed.

That been said, however, if once the article has been sent for evaluation, one or more of the reviewers detects any kind of plagiarism, the appropriate inquiries will be conducted so that the journal's Editorial Board can take a final decision, of which the author of the article will be informed through the channels provided for in OJS.