Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism Policy

The editorial board of At-Takwin: Journal of Islamic Education Studies recognizes that plagiarism is a serious ethical violation. Therefore, the journal establishes the following policy outlining specific actions and penalties upon identifying plagiarism or high similarity levels in submitted manuscripts.

At-Takwin uses Turnitin and Premium Grammarly as similarity detection tools. The acceptable similarity index is a maximum of 30%. Manuscripts exceeding this limit will be returned to the author for revision and resubmission.

Definition

Plagiarism refers to the use or close imitation of the language, structure, or ideas of another author without proper acknowledgment, and representing them as one’s own original work.

Policy

Submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere. Any material taken directly or closely paraphrased from another source must be properly cited, formatted with quotation marks, indentation, or other means to clearly differentiate it from the author’s own text.

Reproducing more than two or three sentences verbatim, or reusing graphic materials from other works, requires permission from the copyright holder and acknowledgment of the original source.

Levels of Plagiarism and Consequences

    • 1. Minor Plagiarism
      Small portions (a sentence or short paragraph) are copied without significant data or ideas from another work.
      Punishment: Authors receive a warning and must revise the manuscript with proper citations.

    • 2. Intermediate Plagiarism
      A substantial paragraph or specific data is plagiarized without proper acknowledgment of the source.
      Punishment: The manuscript is automatically rejected.

  • 3. Severe Plagiarism
    Large sections, including data, formulas, results, or original ideas, are copied from another publication.
    Punishment: The manuscript is rejected, and the authors are banned from submitting to At-Takwin in the future.

All identified cases of plagiarism are handled directly by the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial board of At-Takwin: Journal of Islamic Education Studies under the supervision of CV. Kayaswara, Indonesia.