Policy on Academic Integrity

Plagiarism Standards:

LIRA upholds a staunch commitment to academic integrity, strictly forbidding plagiarism.

  1. LIRA maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards plagiarism.
  2. The Similarity Index must not exceed 19% overall and 4% from a single source.
  3. Authors are required to submit the Originality Declaration Form, accessible here. (Author Originality Declaration Form)
  4. The LIRA Editorial Team adheres impartially to the standard HEC plagiarism policy.
  5. Refer to the comprehensive HEC Plagiarism Policy and Guidelines on Avoiding Plagiarism here. (HEC Plagiarism Policy)

 

Avoidance Guidelines:

  1. Essential considerations from the HEC Plagiarism Policy for submitting research articles to LIRA:
  • Refrain from appropriating others' thoughts, writings, or inventions as one's own.
  • Always credit the source when consulting or quoting another's work.
  • Utilize published/unpublished work with proper referencing.
  • Individual work should not involve collaboration.
  • Exercise caution with unacknowledged material from the web.
  • Steer clear of duplicating someone else's results.
  • Avoid self-plagiarism by not using one's previously published work.

The LIRA Journal Editorial Board retains the authority to reject any paper that deviates from the established HEC plagiarism policy and the outlined guidelines.