Integrity and Plagiarism Prevention

Integrity and Plagiarism Prevention

As part of actions to enhance academic integrity and prevent plagiarism, Debates em Psiquiatria will adopt, as of July 2023, the text similarity identification service using iThenticate - Crossref's Smilarity Check

Similarity Check is a service provided by Crossref and powered by iThenticate. It helps editors identify potential plagiarism by comparing submitted content against a database of published work. Reports highlight matches and show how much and where a submission overlaps with existing material.

Preventing negligence is a crucial responsibility of the editor and editorial team: any form of unethical behavior, as well as plagiarism in any instance, is not accepted by Debates em Psiquiatria. Authors submitting articles declare that their content is original and guarantee that the work has not been published nor is it undergoing simultaneous review/evaluation by any other scientific journal.

Each submission is automatically scanned by the Similarity software. We accept a maximum of 30% similarity, after visual analysis of each item indicated by the report. In the case of submission of a preprint, or previous publication made on an author's academic social network, any similarity index is accepted. If this is not the case, a new analysis is performed applying filters to exclude bibliography and equivalent citations with up to 10 similar words. A new index is indicated by Similarity and a new analysis is performed, before the article goes to the editorial evaluation flow, starting with the editor-in-chief. In the case of 30% or more similarity, the authors are notified and reformulate the submission, if requested, upon analysis by the review desk. After the author corrects the Similarity, if applicable, the article goes to the editorial flow. If the author does not return his/her reformulated submission within 30 days, it is rejected.