​​Plagiarism Policy

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UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (PROMOTION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PREVENTION OF PLAGIARISM IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 2018 Click here
Plagiarism occurs if someone intentionally or knowingly copies others' work or someone copies content without providing the appropriate references.

Plagiarism before Publishing
YOG-GARIMA will judge any case of plagiarism on its limits. If plagiarism is detected by the editorial board member, reviewer, editor, etc., in any stage of the article process- before or after acceptance, during editing, or at a page proof stage. We will alert the same to the author(s) and will ask them to rewrite the content or cite the references from where the content has been taken. If more than 40% of the paper is plagiarized- the article may be rejected and the same is notified to the author.

When Plagiarism Check Done?
All the submitted manuscripts for publication are checked for plagiarism after submission and before starting the review.

Handling Plagiarism?
The manuscripts or papers in which plagiarism is detected are handled based on the extent of the plagiarism.
• Below 10% Plagiarism: The manuscript will be sent to Reviewer Board.
• 10- 40% Plagiarism: The manuscript is sent back to the author for content revision.
• Above 40% Plagiarism: As per UGC guidelines the manuscript will be rejected.

Originality
By submitting the Author(s) manuscript to the journal it is understood that it is an original manuscript and is unpublished work and is not under consideration elsewhere. Plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the author’s own work, in whole or in part without proper citation is not tolerated by the journal. Manuscripts submitted to the journal may be checked for originality using anti-plagiarism software.
Plagiarism misrepresents ideas, words, and another creative expressions as one’s own. Plagiarism represents the violation of copyright law. Plagiarism appears in various forms.

• Copying the same content from the other source. Purposely using portions of another author’s paper or content.

• Copying elements of another author’s paper, such as figures, tables, equations, or illustrations that are not common knowledge, or copying or purposely using sentences without citing the source.

• Using exact text downloaded from the internet.

• Copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures, or diagrams without acknowledging your sources.

Acknowledging Author(s) Sources
Self-plagiarism is a related issue. In this document, we define self-plagiarism as the verbatim or near-verbatim reuse of significant portions of one’s own copyrighted work without citing the original source. Note that self-plagiarism does not apply to publications based on the author’s own previously copyrighted work (e.g., appearing in conference proceedings) where an explicit reference is made to the prior publication. Such reuse does not require quotation marks to delineate the reused text but does require that the source be cited.

Accidental or Unintentional
One may not even know that they are plagiarizing. It is the responsibility of the author(s), to make certain that they understand the difference between quoting and paraphrasing, as well as the proper way to cite material.

Report Plagiarism
The editorial team and reviewer team have taken due care to assess the plagiarism but in case plagiarism is found in published manuscripts/papers of Yog-Garima, it is the sole duty of the original contributor to report the plagiarized content to us. Such reported cases will be re-evaluated and notified to the Author(s) for making revisions. We will remove the paper from web sources until the author resubmits the revised paper. To report plagiarism contact yogmaa2@gmail.com

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