Plagiarism Policy

SPATIA: Educational Journal is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and originality. All submitted manuscripts must be the authors' original work and must not contain plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, or any other form of research misconduct.

Every manuscript is screened for textual similarity using plagiarism detection software before entering the peer-review process. Manuscripts with unacceptable levels of similarity or evidence of plagiarism will be rejected or returned to the authors for clarification or revision, depending on the nature and extent of the overlap.

The journal follows the principles and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in handling suspected cases of plagiarism. If plagiarism is identified before or after publication, the Editorial Board may take appropriate actions, including manuscript rejection, publication of corrections, article retraction, and notification of the authors' affiliated institutions when necessary.