Originality and Plagiarism
Plagiarism is not acceptable in submissions to Environment and Energy Informatics. Manuscripts containing plagiarized content will not be considered for publication. If plagiarism, unethical textual overlap, data misuse, image misuse, or other originality concerns are identified, the journal will act in accordance with its publication ethics policy and COPE-aligned editorial practice.
Authors must ensure that they have submitted entirely original work. Where the work, words, data, code, figures, tables, methods, or ideas of others have been used, these must be properly cited, quoted, acknowledged, or licensed as appropriate.
Plagiarism Check Requirements
All submissions to Environment and Energy Informatics must adhere to the following originality requirements:
Plagiarism Threshold:
Similarity should normally be below 10% as assessed through standard similarity detection tools such as Turnitin or iThenticate.
Exclusion Filters:
The following filters may be applied during the similarity assessment:
- exclude bibliography
- exclude quoted text
- exclude cited text
Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate originality checks before submission to ensure compliance with journal standards. Failure to meet these requirements may result in the manuscript being returned for correction, rejected during editorial screening, or subjected to further ethical review.
Additional Clarification
Similarity percentage alone does not determine originality. Even where the overall similarity score is low, manuscripts may still be rejected if they contain:
- unattributed copied text
- close paraphrasing without acknowledgement
- redundant publication
- self-plagiarism without disclosure
- copied figures, tables, code, or datasets without permission or attribution
- fabricated or misleading references
The journal reserves the right to assess originality not only through software-based similarity reports but also through editorial judgment.
