Plagiarism Policy

The Editorial Board of the Riau Journal Law Review recognizes that plagiarism is unacceptable and therefore establishes the following policy, which states specific actions (penalties) after identifying plagiarism/similarity in articles submitted for publication in the Riau Journal Law Review.

The Riau Journal Law Review uses Turnitin as a tool to detect textual similarity in article manuscripts and in final versions of articles ready for publication. A maximum similarity of 25% is permitted for submitted papers. If we find that the similarity index exceeds 25%, the article will be returned to the author for revision and resubmission.

Definition:
Plagiarism involves “the use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.”

Policy:
Papers must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from other sources must be clearly identified as different from the original text by: (1) indentation, (2) the use of quotation marks, and (3) proper identification of the source.

Any text exceeding the standard of fair use (here defined as more than two or three sentences or their equivalent) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if possible, from the original author, and must also include proper source identification, for example, prior publication.

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for reviewing the paper and will determine appropriate measures according to the level of plagiarism detected in the manuscript, based on the following guidelines:

Levels of Plagiarism

Minor:
A short section of another article is plagiarized without significant data or ideas being taken from the other paper.

Action:
A warning is given to the author, and a request is made to revise the text and properly cite the original article.

Moderate:
A significant portion of the paper is plagiarized without proper citation to the original paper.

Action:
The submitted article is rejected, and the author is prohibited from submitting further articles for one year.

Severe:
A substantial portion of the paper is plagiarized, involving the reproduction of original results or ideas presented in another publication.

Action:
The paper is rejected, and the author is prohibited from submitting further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of the paper they submit, as they have all read and understood the Copyright and Licensing Terms of the Riau Journal Law Review. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will receive the same penalty.

If a second case of plagiarism by the same author is identified, the decision regarding the action to be enforced will be made by the Editorial Board (the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board members), chaired by the Editor-in-Chief. The author will be permanently prohibited from submitting further articles. This policy also applies to material reproduced from other publications by the same author. If an author uses text or figures that have been previously published, the corresponding paragraphs or figures must be identified and the previous publication must be referenced. It is understood that in the case of review papers or tutorial papers, much of the material may have been previously published.

Authors must identify the source of previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and publisher.

If an author submits a manuscript to the Riau Journal Law Review that has significant overlap with a manuscript simultaneously submitted to another journal, and this overlap is discovered during the review process or after publication of both papers, the editor of the other journal will be informed, and the case will be treated as a case of severe plagiarism. Significant overlap means the use of identical or nearly identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for half or more of the paper. For self-plagiarism involving less than half the paper but more than one-tenth of the paper, the case should be treated as moderate plagiarism. If the plagiarism is limited to the methods section, the case should be considered minor plagiarism.

If an author uses some previously published material to clarify the presentation of new results, the previously published material must be identified, and the differences in the current publication must be stated. Permission for republication must be obtained from the copyright holder. In the case of a manuscript originally published in conference proceedings and later submitted for publication in the Riau Journal Law Review, whether in identical or expanded form, the author must identify the name of the conference proceedings and the date of publication, and must obtain permission for republication from the copyright holder. The editor may decide not to accept the paper for publication.

However, an author is permitted to use material from unpublished presentations, including visual displays, in a subsequent journal publication. In the case of a submitted publication that was originally published in another language, the title, date, and journal of the original publication must be identified by the author, and copyright permission must be obtained. The editor may accept such translated publications in order to attract the attention of a wider audience. The editor may also select certain previously published papers (for example, “historical” papers) for republication to provide a better perspective on a series of papers published in one issue of the Riau Journal Law Review. Such republication must be clearly identified, and the date and journal of the original publication must be provided, and permission from the author(s) and publisher must be obtained.

The layout editor of the Riau Journal Law Review is responsible for maintaining a list of authors who have been penalized and will check that no author of a submitted paper is included on this list. If a prohibited author is identified, the layout editor will notify the Editor-in-Chief, who will take appropriate action. This policy will be posted on the website together with the manuscript submission instructions, and a copy will be sent to authors by email confirmation after the initial receipt of their original manuscript.