Plagiarism Detection

Fortunatae takes a clear position on the pursuit of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and scientific fraud, thereby guaranteeing the originality of all the texts sent for publication. This policy enables us to ensure standards of originality, and to detect coincidences and similarities between proposed texts and those published in other sources.

Fortunatae takes a clear position on the pursuit of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and scientific fraud, thereby guaranteeing the originality of all the texts sent for publication. This policy enables us to ensure standards of originality, and to detect coincidences and similarities between proposed texts and those published in other sources.

To detect plagiarism we will proceed as follows:

Once received and before being submitted to double-blind peer review, articles will be analysed by the editorial team using Turnitin anti-plagiarism software, provided by the Publications Service of the University of La Laguna https://www.ull.es/servicios/biblioteca/antiplagio/

In the event of plagiarism detection, the nature and extension will be checked against the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE) guidelines, and a decision will be reached on the manuscript.

In the event of serious plagiarism, namely, if large parts of texts have been copied, the author will be notified of the manuscript’s rejection.

If the plagiarism detection report indicates that several short phrases have been copied, but there is no evidence of extensive ideas being presented as the author’s own, the author will be asked to revise the document, include the correct citation, and add the corresponding references to the bibliography. Once these issues have been rectified, the author will be able to resubmit the article, which will be reviewed by the editorial team to confirm the absence of plagiarism.

Once this initial stage is complete, the article will be sent for double-blind peer review. Reviewers will report any plagiarism they detect in the articles they have been asked to review. Once the review is received, with supporting observations in the event of plagiarism detection, the editorial team will proceed as outlined above.