Manuscripts submitted to Jurnal Sipakatau : Inovasi Pengabdian Masyarakat will be screened using Turnitin or iThenticate similarity detection tools. Jurnal Sipakatau : Inovasi Pengabdian Masyarakat will immediately reject papers involving plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Jurnal Sipakatau : Inovasi Pengabdian Masyarakat is committed to ensuring that all authors comply with international standards for academic integrity, particularly regarding 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.

When an author uses specific information (e.g., a name, date, place, statistical value, or other detailed information) from a specific source, an appropriate citation must be provided. (This may be omitted only for general knowledge, where the information is widely available in multiple credible sources or is commonly known.)

When an author takes an idea from another author, a citation is required, even if the author then develops the idea further. This includes ideas about how to interpret data, which methodology to use, or what conclusion to draw, as well as broader developments or general information within a field. Authors should cite the original source of the idea and may then explain their extended interpretation or contribution.

When an author takes exact words from another author, both citation and quotation marks are required. Whenever four or more consecutive words are identical to a source that the author has read, quotation marks must be used to clearly indicate the original wording; a citation alone is not sufficient.

Jurnal Sipakatau : Inovasi Pengabdian Masyarakat takes academic integrity very seriously, and the editors reserve the right to withdraw acceptance from a paper found to violate any of the standards above. For further information, potential authors can contact the editorial office at sipakatau@grc.id.