Plagiarism & Academic Originality Policy
Zero Tolerance for Academic Dishonesty
Impulse Research Work strictly adheres to international anti-plagiarism guidelines. All submitted manuscripts are screened using licensed academic software (Drillbit / Turnitin) prior to peer review.
1. Plagiarism Screening Software
We employ Turnitin / Drillbit Academic Diagnostics for comprehensive diagnostic screening against billions of web pages, institutional dissertations, and academic publisher databases.
2. Acceptable Similarity Threshold
- Overall Similarity Index: Must not exceed 10% (excluding standard references, bibliography, and statutory quotes).
- Single-Source Limit: No individual source match should exceed 2%.
- Direct verbatim quotations must be enclosed in quotation marks and cited with exact page numbers.
3. Types of Plagiarism Screened
- Direct / Verbatim Plagiarism: Transcribing portions of another work without quotation or attribution.
- Paraphrasing Without Citation: Restating another author's thoughts without citing the original source.
- Patchwriting: Superficial synonym replacement while retaining original sentence structures.
- Self-Plagiarism: Re-using one's own previously published work without explicit cross-referencing.