Plagiarism Policy

RHAPSODE does not require all authors to sign the letter of submission. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all authors have agreed to be listed and approved for the paper submission to the journal and for approved papers managing all communication between the journal and all co-authors before and after publication. All manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using the iThenticate tool by RHAPSODE. Authors should strictly avoid plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. Manuscripts with over 15% overlapping from the similarity report results exceeding 15% would not be considered for publication by our journals. Papers submitted to our journals must be original and not be published or submitted for publication elsewhere. 

The editorial board will thoroughly check submitted manuscripts in order to identify and prevent possible research misconduct regarding the publication of papers in our journals. If research misconduct is identified, according to the Editor’s and reviewers’ feedback, the corresponding author is responsible for retracting or correcting articles.
RHAPSODE is a member of iThenticate, an initiative to help editors verify the originality of submitted manuscripts.
RHAPSODE refers to the ethical principles set out by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).