Journal of Current Research in Blockchain

Plagiarism Policy

Journal of Current Research in Blockchain (JCRB) Editorial board recognizes that plagiarism is not acceptable and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article that is submitted for publication in JCRB. 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."

Our Policy:

Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be clearly identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source.

Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also requires identification of the source; e.g., previous publication.

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the paper in agreement with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism

1. Minor: A short section of another article is plagiarized without any significant data or idea taken from the other paper. Action: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the text and properly cite the original article is made.

2. Intermediate: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized without proper citation to the original paper. Action: The submitted article is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for one year.

3. Severe: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized that involves reproducing original results or ideas presented in another publication. Action: The paper is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of their submitted paper as they all sign the JCRB Copyright Transfer Form. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same penalty.

If a second case of plagiarism by the same author(s) is identified, a decision on the measures to be enforced will be made by the Editorial board (Editor-in-Chief and Editorial members) with the Chair of the Editor-in-Chief. The author(s) might be forbidden to submit further articles forever.

This policy applies also to material reproduced from another publication by the same author(s). If an author uses text or figures that have previously been published, the corresponding paragraphs or figures should be identified and the previous publication referenced. It is understood that in case of a review paper or a paper of a tutorial nature, much of the material was previously published.

The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and the publisher. If an author submits a manuscript to JCRB with significant overlap with a manuscript submitted elsewhere simultaneously, and this overlap is discovered during the review process or after publication, the case will be treated as a severe plagiarism case. Significant overlap means the use of identical or almost identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for one half or more of the paper. For self-plagiarism of less than one half but more than one tenth of the paper, the case shall be treated as intermediate plagiarism. If self-plagiarism is confined to the methods section, the case shall be considered as minor plagiarism.

If an author uses previously published material to clarify the presentation of new results, the previously published material shall be identified, and the difference to the present publication shall be mentioned. Permission to republish must be obtained from the copyright holder. In the case of a manuscript originally published in conference proceedings and then submitted to JCRB in identical or expanded form, the authors must identify the name of the conference proceedings and date of publication and obtain permission to republish.

However, an author is permitted to use material from an unpublished presentation, including visual displays, in a subsequent journal publication. For a publication originally submitted in another language, the title, date, and journal of the original publication must be identified, and copyright must be obtained.

The JCRB layout editor is responsible for maintaining the list of authors subjected to penalties and will ensure that no banned author submits a paper. If identified, the layout editor will inform the Editor-in-Chief, who will take appropriate measures. This policy will be posted on the website along with the submission instructions, and authors will receive a copy with the confirmation email upon manuscript submission. A statement in the copyright transfer form will confirm that authors have read and understood the Plagiarism Policy.