The Indonesian Journal of Dentistry (IJD) wants to ensure that all authors are careful and comply with international standards for academic integrity, particularly on the issue of plagiarism.

Plagiarism occurs when an author takes ideas, information, or words from another source without giving proper credit to the source. Even when it occurs unintentionally, plagiarism is still a serious academic violation and is unacceptable in international academic publications.

Citation Requirements

• Specific Information: When the author learns specific information (a name, date, place, statistical number, or other detailed information) from a specific source, a citation is required. (This is only forgiven in cases of general knowledge, where the data is readily available in more than five sources or is common knowledge, e.g., established biological or dental scientific facts widely accepted in foundational textbooks.)
• Ideas: When the author takes an idea from another author, a citation is required—even if the author then develops the idea further. This might give you an idea of how to interpret the data, either by deciding what methodology to use or what conclusion to draw. Regardless of the idea, the authors should cite their sources. In cases where the author develops the idea further, it is still necessary to cite the original source of the idea first before explaining the more developed concept.
• Exact Words: When the author takes words from another author, both a citation and quotation marks are required. Whenever four or more consecutive words are identical to a source that the author has read, the author must use quotation marks to denote the use of another author’s original words; a citation alone is no longer enough.

Similarity Check & Enforcement

IJD takes academic integrity very seriously, and the editors reserve the right to withdraw acceptance or immediately reject a paper found to violate any of the standards set out above.