Plagiarism Policy

LOKASEVA: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Berkelanjutan has a zero-tolerance policy towards plagiarism. All submitted manuscripts will be checked using plagiarism detection software such as Turnitin or Grammarly.
Definition of Plagiarism:
• Using another person's words or ideas without proper attribution.
• Copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another person's work without proper citation.
• Claiming another person's research results as one's own.
• Self-plagiarism, which is reusing one's own published work without proper acknowledgement.
Actions against Plagiarism:
• If the similarity level exceeds 25%, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision or rejected.
• In cases of severe plagiarism, the manuscript will be rejected, and the author may be banned from submitting manuscripts to LOKASEVA: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Berkelanjutan for a certain period.
• If plagiarism is detected after publication, the article will be retracted, and notification will be given to the author's institution.