Plagiarism is copying someone else's previous ideas, processes, results, or words without giving credit to the original author and source. It is a serious academic misconduct that undermines the principles of integrity, honesty, and intellectual rigor in scholarly endeavors. Someone commits plagiarism when they intentionally or knowingly replicate the work of others, or when they reproduce content without giving proper credit.

If plagiarism is detected by the editorial board member, reviewer, editor etc., in any stage of article process- before or after acceptance, during editing or at a page proof stage. We will alert the same to the author(s) and will ask them to rewrite the content or to cite the references from where the content has been taken. If more than 10% of the paper is plagiarized- the article will be rejected and the same is notified to the author. The Turnitin software is used to check the plagiarism percentage of both web and AI content for IQCCT'26.

In case a manuscript is found to be plagiarized after publication, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct preliminary investigation, may be with the help of a suitable committee constituted for the purpose. If the manuscript is found to be plagiarized beyond the acceptable limits, the journal will contact the author's Institute / College / University and Funding Agency, if any.