Plagiarism and AI Use
All manuscripts under review or published with Al-Mansour Journal (AMJ) are subject to screening using the plagiarism prevention software Turnitin. Plagiarism is a serious violation of publication ethics. Other violations include duplicate publication, data fabrication and falsification, and improper credit of author contribution. Thus, plagiarism, fraudulent, or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable, and submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is also considered unethical publishing behaviour. It is necessary to mention that JATUC may allow a duplicated manuscript of up to a 20% similarity ratio, including AI-generated content. It is the responsibility of the author(s) to ensure that the similarity index remains within the 20% limit until publication. The AI-generated content index must be less than 5%.
All new submissions to Al-Mansour Journal (AMJ) are screened using https://www.turnitin.com/. Editorial board members may also choose to run a similarity report at any other point during the review process or after publication. The default similarity report indicates the percentage of the manuscript's text that overlaps with one or more published articles. Figures and equations cannot be checked at present. Note that a high similarity score does not necessarily indicate plagiarized text — a similarity score of 30% could mean 30% text in common with one source, or 1% text in common with 30 different sources. Re-used text that has been legitimately cited in the bibliography may contribute to the similarity score. The subject expertise of an editorial board member is essential in interpreting the similarity report and determining whether there are any grounds for concern.