Papers submitted to Journal of Applied Artificial Intelligence in Education (JAAIE) will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin/iThenticate plagiarism detection tools. JAAIE will immediately reject papers found to contain plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before proceeding to the peer review stage, each manuscript is first checked by a member of the editorial team for similarity. The acceptable similarity level for submission to JAAIE is less than 25%.

Plagiarism is defined as presenting another person’s ideas, words, or works as one’s own without appropriate citation, permission, or acknowledgment. This may include direct copying or improper paraphrasing. The following are examples of plagiarism that the journal actively screens for:

• Verbatim Copying: Reproducing another author’s work word-for-word, in whole or in part, without citation, permission, or acknowledgement. This form is often detected by comparing the suspected text with the original source.
• Substantial Copying: Reproducing a significant portion of another author’s work without proper citation. "Substantial" refers both to quantity (volume of copied text) and quality (the importance of the copied section in the context of the original work).
• Improper Paraphrasing: Restating ideas, phrases, or sentences from a source in new form without citing the original work. This is a more subtle form of plagiarism and may escape detection unless carefully reviewed.