Plagiarism Policy

Definition:

When an author tries to present the work of someone else as his or her own, it is called plagiarism. In addition, when an author uses a considerable portion of his or her own previously published work in a new one without properly citing the reference, it is called a duplicate publication sometimes also referred to as self-plagiarism. This may range from publishing the same book in another publisher to 'salami-slicing', which is adding little new data to the previous book.

Policy:

The editorial team/reviewers of the publisher will check the submitted books for plagiarism twice (once after submission and once before publication) using available plagiarism detection software such as iThenticate. If suspected plagiarism is found in a book either before (by reviewers or editorial team) or after (by readers) publication, the publisher will act according to COPE’s code of conduct and flowcharts.