Archiving Policy

سياسة الانتحال العلمي

Al Ibrah: Journal of Arabic Language Education does not tolerate plagiarism in any form. Every manuscript is checked for similarity with Turnitin before it is sent to reviewers, and the editors assess the result together with the content of the manuscript.

ToolTurnitin
Maximum similarity25%
When checkedBefore review and before publication

Forms of Plagiarism

الانتحال المباشر

Direct plagiarism

Copying text, data, or ideas from another source without citation.

الانتحال الذاتي

Self-plagiarism

Reusing substantial parts of the author's own published work without citation, including duplicate publication.

انتحال الترجمة

Translation plagiarism

Translating another author's work, for example from Arabic or English, and presenting it as original.

إعادة تدوير النصوص

Text recycling

Reusing the author's own sentences or paragraphs from earlier publications, for example in the method or literature review, without citing the earlier work.

النشر المكرر

Duplicate publication

Submitting or publishing the same article, or one with the same data and findings, in more than one journal.

النشر المتداخل

Overlapping publication

Dividing one study into several similar articles, or publishing work that largely overlaps with another article by the same authors, without disclosure.

Preprints, Theses, and Translations

  • Preprints: manuscripts posted on a preprint server may be submitted. Authors must mention the preprint in the Comments to the Editor and, after publication, link the preprint to the published article.
  • Theses and dissertations: articles developed from an undergraduate thesis, master's thesis, or dissertation are welcome, as long as they have not been published in a journal and the source is stated.
  • Conference papers: papers presented at a conference may be submitted only if they have not been published in full proceedings, or if they are substantially extended, with the earlier version disclosed.
  • Translations: translations of articles already published in another language are not accepted.

How the Journal Responds

01Before reviewقبل التحكيم
  • Similarity of 25% or less: the manuscript continues to editorial screening and review, as long as the matching text is properly cited.
  • Similarity above 25%: the manuscript is returned to the author for revision, or rejected if the overlap is substantial.
  • Clear plagiarism, whatever the percentage: the manuscript is rejected.
02During reviewأثناء التحكيم
  • If a reviewer or editor finds plagiarism, the review is stopped and the author is asked to explain.
  • Depending on the explanation, the manuscript is returned for correction or rejected.
03After publicationبعد النشر
  • Plagiarism found in a published article is handled according to the COPE guidelines.
  • Depending on the case, the journal publishes a correction or retracts the article. See Corrections and Retractions.
  • The author's institution may be informed in serious cases.

Authors are encouraged to check their manuscript with a similarity tool before submitting. Similarity from the reference list, quotations of Qur'anic verses and hadith, and standard phrases is assessed by the editors and is not counted as plagiarism when properly cited.