Plagiarism Policy

Prime Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Upholding Academic Integrity

PJSSH enforces a zero-tolerance plagiarism policy to ensure originality and ethical standards in all submissions.

Includes:

  • Direct copying

  • Paraphrasing without credit

  • Data, graphs, images misuse

  • Self-plagiarism

Similarity Threshold: Internal max 10%, stricter than HEC’s 15%.

Detection & Responsibility: Turnitin checks; authors responsible for originality.

Handling Violations: Minor – revisions; Major – rejection/retraction; Repeated – blacklisting.

Statement of Originality: Mandatory for all authors.

AI-Generated Content: Prohibited; human scholarship only.

Retraction Policy: Formal notices published in cases of plagiarism-related retractions.