Screening Plagiarism

The manuscripts submitted to this journal will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin or Plagiarism Checker X. Turnitin and Plagiarism Checker X provide tools to help ensure originality, prevent plagiarism, and check for citation mistakes or inappropriate copying with personalized feedback. The following criteria will be applied in the plagiarism check:

  1. Similarity must be less than 25% (Turnitin).
  2. Similarity must be less than 30% (Plagiarism Checker X).
  3. Manuscripts must be at least 5 pages long.
  4. Manuscripts must contain a minimum of 15 references, and all references must be cited in the text.
  5. At least 70% of the references must be publications from the last 5 years.
  6. The sequence of Figures and Tables must be correct.
  7. The manuscript must conform to the template of CivitasCare: Journal of Community Empowerment