Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism Policy

Conditions for submission: plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate submission, and preprint disclosure.

Curatio : Journal of Advanced and Specialized Nursing, and Care Planning upholds the highest standards of academic integrity and only considers original and unpublished scholarly work. All submitted manuscripts are screened using Turnitin to assess textual similarity. However, the similarity score is only a screening tool; the final determination of plagiarism, improper quotation, duplicate publication, inappropriate reuse of clinical or nursing material, or self-plagiarism remains a matter of editorial judgment.

Plagiarism includes the use of another person's words, ideas, data, tables, images, clinical findings, nursing protocols, care-planning concepts, assessment instruments, or research results without proper acknowledgment. Self-plagiarism or text recycling refers to the substantial reuse of one's own previously published material without proper citation, disclosure, or justification. Both are considered serious violations of publication ethics.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all quotations, paraphrases, borrowed ideas, datasets, clinical information, care models, assessment tools, tables, figures, and reproduced material are clearly cited and properly referenced. Where necessary, authors must also obtain permission for reused copyrighted instruments, scales, images, clinical documentation, or other protected material.

A low similarity score does not automatically mean the manuscript is free from plagiarism, and a high similarity score does not automatically prove misconduct. Editors assess the nature, location, source, and significance of the matching material before making a decision.

Duplicate or redundant publication occurs when an author submits or publishes substantially the same work in more than one venue without proper disclosure, cross-referencing, or justification. This includes substantial overlap in title, objectives, patient or participant data, clinical datasets, intervention descriptions, nursing assessments, care plans, analysis, discussion, or conclusions.

Manuscripts that are under review in another journal, already formally published, or submitted simultaneously to more than one outlet will not be considered. If any part of the manuscript has appeared previously in another form, including conference proceedings, clinical reports, institutional reports, working papers, theses, dissertations, or another language version, authors must disclose this clearly at the time of submission.

The journal may consider manuscripts previously posted as preprints, provided that the preprint has not undergone formal journal publication and that the preprint status is fully disclosed during submission.

Authors must provide the preprint server name and URL or DOI, and must ensure that the preprint version does not conflict with copyright, patient confidentiality, informed-consent obligations, research ethics, clinical privacy, institutional policies, or third-party restrictions. Once the article is published in the journal, authors are encouraged to update the preprint record with a link to the final published version.

Editorial Follow-Up and Author Responsibilities

• All manuscripts may be checked through Turnitin before peer review and, where necessary, after revision.
• The Editorial Board may provide or request a similarity report during the editorial process.
• Authors must revise problematic sections carefully, especially where quotation, paraphrasing, citation, source acknowledgment, or reuse of clinical and nursing material is insufficient.
• Where validated scales, nursing instruments, clinical guidelines, assessment tools, care-planning frameworks, or copyrighted materials are reused, authors must provide appropriate attribution and obtain required permission where applicable.
• Patient information, case descriptions, clinical images, and care records must never be reproduced in a manner that violates confidentiality, consent, or applicable ethical requirements.
• Failure to address similarity concerns adequately may result in rejection or discontinuation of the review process.
• If plagiarism or unethical reuse is identified after publication, the journal will take appropriate action according to its ethics and correction policies.