Plagiarism is the use of others' published and unpublished ideas or words (or other intellectual property) without attribution or permission, and presenting them as new and original rather than derived from an existing source. Self-plagiarism refers to the practice of an author using portions of their previous writings on the same topic in another of their publications, without specifically citing it formally in quote (https://wame.org/recommendations-on-publication-ethics-policies-for-medical-journals).

UNIKA Journal of Health Sciences does not start manuscript evaluation process if plagiarism/self-plagiarism detected during editorial assessment since 2021 when it started its publication life. During manuscript submission process, the authors must upload the similarity reports of the manuscript by using an appropriate (iThenticate, Turnitin etc.) plagiarism software.

Articles that have a similarity rate of more than 25% are considered plagiarized and are rejected.

From the April 2021 issue, according to the results of similarity report, one of the following three decisions is given about the article:

• It is sent to the editor for evaluation.

• It is sent back to the author for a correction.

• The rejection process is carried out without being taken to the evaluation stage (Articles that have a similarity rate of more than 25% are considered plagiarized and are rejected).