Borrowing and plagiarism

Plagiarism can exist in various forms – from presenting someone else’s work as the author’s own to copying or paraphrasing significant parts of someone else’s work (without indicating the author), claiming one’s own rights to the results of someone else’s research.

The editors classify the following forms of plagiarism:

• use (verbatim quotation) of any materials in any volume without indicating the author and the source of borrowing;
• use of images, drawings, photographs, tables, graphs, diagrams and any other forms of graphic presentation of information without indicating the author and the source of borrowing;
• use of images, drawings, photographs, tables, graphs, diagrams and any other forms of graphic presentation of information published in scientific and popular publications or other sources, without the consent of the copyright holder;
• use without written permission of materials whose authors or copyright holders have not permitted the use of their materials without special consent;
• other use of intellectual property that does not belong to the authors in violation of the current legislation.

Plagiarism in all forms is unethical and unacceptable.

When reviewing an article, the editors of the journal check it using the Antiplagiat system. If the editors have reasons for a more detailed check, additional tools may be used to search for plagiarism. Taking into account the variety of forms that plagiarism can take, each case is considered individually. When plagiarism is detected, the editors act in accordance with the COPE rules.

The editors of the Clinical Nephrology journal strongly discourage the use of any technical methods that can increase the text score in the Antiplagiat system. Articles with signs of technical modifications aimed at artificially increasing the uniqueness of the text will not be published in the journal, even if revised.

If unauthorized borrowings are detected, as well as if the originality coefficient of the text is low (<85%), the manuscript is rejected for publication.

Reviews and other articles that, for objective reasons, require a greater number of citations are considered by the editors on an individual basis.

Authors of manuscripts must present completely original works. Mentions of the results of other authors’ work must be accompanied by references to the relevant primary sources, which must be included in the list of references. Citations of previously published text must be formatted as direct speech (the text must be enclosed in quotation marks) with a mandatory indication of the original source.

The author must not allow duplication of publications. If individual elements of the manuscript have already been published, the author must refer to the earlier work and indicate the differences between the new work and the previous one.

Plagiarism of ideas and data is identified both as part of the manuscript check upon receipt and scientific review, and after the publication of articles – upon receipt of relevant requests by the editors. If the fact of unauthorized borrowing of data (results of scientific work) or ideas is established, the manuscript (article) will be retracted or rejected for publication.