Plagiarism Policy

Meujile: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra is firmly committed to upholding the principles of academic honesty and publication ethics. Any form of plagiarism is regarded as a serious breach of scholarly conduct and is strictly prohibited.

By submitting a manuscript to Meujile: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra, authors explicitly affirm that the work is original and has been prepared in accordance with accepted academic standards. Authors further confirm that all sources, ideas, data, quotations, and materials derived from other works have been properly acknowledged through appropriate citation and referencing.

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, direct copying, substantial similarity, inappropriate paraphrasing without attribution, self-plagiarism, and the unauthorized reuse of previously published material. Manuscripts found to contain such practices will not be considered for publication.

As part of the editorial assessment, all submitted manuscripts are subject to an initial originality screening. The journal employs established plagiarism detection software, such as Turnitin and/or iThenticate (Crossref Similarity Check), to evaluate textual similarity prior to the peer-review, editing, and layout processes.

Manuscripts that exceed the journal’s acceptable similarity threshold (generally more than 20%, excluding references, bibliographies, and standard methodological expressions) may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected, depending on the extent and nature of the overlap.

If plagiarism is identified at any stage of the publication process, including after publication, Meujile: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra reserves the right to take appropriate action in accordance with Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. Such actions may include manuscript rejection, publication of corrections, retraction of the article, and notification of the authors’ affiliated institutions.