Policy of Screening for Plagiarism

Manuscript submitted to African Journal of Economics and Business Research (AJEBR) will be screened using Turnitin similarity detection tool. The AJEBR) will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

African Journal of Economics and Business Research AJEBR) wants to ensure that all authors are careful and comply with international standards for academic integrity, particularly regarding plagiarism.

What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism occurs when an author takes ideas, information, or words from another source without proper credit. Even when it occurs unintentionally, plagiarism is a serious academic violation and is unacceptable in international academic publications.

Citation Requirements

When the author learns specific information (a name, date, place, statistical number, or other detailed information) from a specific source, a citation is required to be provided.

When an author takes an idea from another author, a citation is required, even if the author then develops the idea further. This might be an idea about how to interpret the data, either what methodology to use, or what conclusion to draw. It might be an idea about broad developments in a field or general information about it. Regardless of the idea, the authors should cite their sources.

In cases where the author develops the idea further, it is still necessary to cite the original source of the idea, and then in a subsequent sentence, the author can explain their more developed idea.

Using Words from Another Author

When the author takes words from another author, citation and quotation marks are required. Whenever four or more consecutive words are identical to a source that the author has read, the author must use quotation marks to denote the use of another author's original words; just a citation is no longer sufficient.

Journal Policy

African Journal of Economics and Business Research(AJEBR) takes academic integrity very seriously, and the editors reserve the right to withdraw acceptance from a paper found to violate any of the standards set out above.

For further information, potential authors can contact the editorial office at ajebr@hu.edu.et.