Plagiarism Policy

Dirassat Journal: Economic Issue (DJEI) enforces a zero-tolerance policy regarding plagiarism, scientific fraud, and academic misconduct. In alignment with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines, all submitted manuscripts undergo rigorous similarity screening prior to initiating the double-blind peer-review process.

Section 1 Definition & Forms of Academic Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined as the unacknowledged appropriation, replication, or unauthorized presentation of another author's language, thoughts, empirical data, or ideas as one's own. DJEI recognizes the following primary categories of intellectual violation:

  • Direct / Verbatim Plagiarism: Copying text word-for-word from external literature without quotation marks and direct attribution.
  • Substantial / Concealed Paraphrasing: Rewording another author's ideas, analytical models, or findings without appropriate citation.
  • Self-Plagiarism & Text Recycling: Reusing substantial portions of the author's own previously published work, datasets, or conceptual frameworks without formal reference or disclosure.
  • Undisclosed AI Generation: Presenting machine-generated content from generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) as human-authored scholarship without methodological disclosure.

Section 2 Plagiarism Screening Protocol & Similarity Threshold

Every submitted manuscript is systematically verified using specialized institutional plagiarism detection software (DETECTIA) and global similarity indexing tools upon initial submission.

  • Acceptable Threshold for Review (Below 20%): To qualify for peer review, the overall similarity rate must be strictly less than 20% across the entire manuscript (excluding the bibliography and standard terminology).
  • Immediate Desk Rejection (20% or Higher): If the similarity report indicates a score of 20% or higher, the manuscript is immediately rejected at the editorial desk. Authors are informed of the rejection on the ASJP platform. The author must revise the text, reduce the similarity rate to below 20%, and then resubmit the manuscript as a completely new submission via the ASJP platform.

Section 3 Author Plagiarism Declaration & Undertaking Letter

Authors must formally declare that their work is original, free from academic theft, and approved by all co-authors by submitting a signed Letter of Undertaking:

Download Letter of Undertaking (Direct File): [Download Undertaking & Anti-Plagiarism Declaration Letter]

Submission via ASJP: Upload the signed letter as an Additional / Supplementary File through the ASJP DJEI Portal.

Editorial Inquiries: Direct signed forms or questions to: dirassateco@lagh-univ.dz.

Post-Publication Discovery: If unoriginal content or plagiarism is discovered following publication, DJEI will investigate according to COPE Flowcharts and issue a formal retraction or statement of concern.