Plagiarism

Plagiarism Policy

Pedagogi: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar has a policy of screening for plagiarism. The journal uses Anti-Plagiarism Software "Turnitin" to check the authenticity of article.

The definition of plagiarism applies for copied text and ideas is regardless (1) the source of the copied text or idea; (2) the author(s) actually copied that text or idea from another source; (3) the authorship of the text or idea which you copy is known; (4) the nature of your text (journal paper/article, web page, book chapter, paper submitted for a college course, etc) into which you copy the text or idea; (5) the author of the source of the copied material gives permission for the material to be copied; (6) self-plagiarism.

When plagiarism is identified by the Turnitin software, the Editorial Board has responsibility for the review of the article and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the article. The maximum acceptablesimilarity index is 25%. Manuscripts with a similarity index above this threshold will be evaluated for the nature and extent of the overlap.

If the similarity is found to be minor and unintentional, authors will be asked to revise the manuscript accordingly. However, if the overlap is substantial or indicates academic misconduct, the manuscript will be rejected outright.

Authors are strongly encouraged to ensure the originality of their work before submission. Proper citation and paraphrasing of sources are essential to avoid plagiarism and maintain scholarly standards.