The Journal of Indonesian Elementary Education and Teaching Innovation (IJEETI) is committed to maintaining high standards of academic integrity, originality, and ethical scholarly publishing. All submitted manuscripts must be original, properly referenced, and free from plagiarism. To ensure compliance with these standards, IJEETI requires authors to conduct a plagiarism screening before manuscript submission.

1. Mandatory Plagiarism Check Submission
   All authors are required to conduct a plagiarism check using Turnitin or equivalent similarity detection software before submitting their manuscripts to IJEETI.
   Authors must upload a plagiarism similarity report as a mandatory supplementary document during the manuscript submission process through the journal's Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.
   Manuscripts submitted without a plagiarism similarity report may be returned to the authors for completion before proceeding to the editorial screening stage.
2. Similarity Threshold
   Indonesian Elementary Education and Teaching Innovation (IJEETI) applies a maximum similarity index of 20%. Manuscripts must have an overall similarity score below 20% to meet the journal's initial screening requirements.
   Manuscripts exceeding this threshold may be returned for revision or rejected during the initial editorial screening.
   Meeting the similarity threshold does not automatically guarantee acceptance, as all manuscripts remain subject to editorial evaluation and peer review.
3. Definition and Forms of Plagiarism
   Plagiarism is the act of presenting another person’s work—ideas, words, or data—as one’s own without appropriate citation, permission, or acknowledgment. IJEETI recognizes several forms of plagiarism, including but not limited to:
   • Verbatim Copying
     Directly copying another author’s work, in whole or in part, without proper citation or quotation marks. This can include copying from published papers, theses, websites, or even unpublished works.
   • Substantial Copying
     Reproducing a significant portion of another’s work without appropriate acknowledgment. This refers to both quantitative (volume of text copied) and qualitative (importance of the copied content) aspects.
   • Improper Paraphrasing
     Rewording or rephrasing someone else’s ideas without proper attribution. Even if the wording is changed, failure to credit the original source constitutes plagiarism. This is often the most difficult form to detect and will be scrutinized carefully.
4. Author Responsibility
   Authors are fully responsible for the originality of their manuscripts. Submissions that fail to meet the plagiarism standards of IJEETI may be rejected or retracted. Repeat or serious violations may result in a permanent ban from future submissions to the journal.