Anti-Plagiarism Policies
In order to ensure academic integrity, scientific originality and good editorial practices, all manuscripts received by Latitude Xero. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research are subjected to review and verification processes using specialized tools for detecting academic similarity, such as Turnitin and other internationally recognized anti-plagiarism analysis systems.
The journal maintains a zero-tolerance policy against plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, manipulation of results and any practice contrary to scientific and editorial ethics.
Manuscripts must present an acceptable level of originality. As a general criterion, works that exceed 20% of total similarity, excluding bibliographic references, correctly identified citations, methodological coincidences and technical expressions in common use, may be rejected or returned to the authors for correction and review.
Likewise, no individual source should present significant levels of unjustified coincidence that compromise the originality, authenticity or scientific contribution of the manuscript.
The authors are responsible for ensuring that the works submitted are original, unpublished and that all sources, ideas, data, images, tables and materials used are duly cited and referenced in accordance with the journal's editorial standards.
In the event of plagiarism, self-plagiarism or any other ethical malpractice being detected before, during or after publication, the journal may adopt one or more of the following measures:
- Immediate suspension of the editorial process.
- Rejection of the manuscript.
- Request for clarifications or corrections.
- Publication of corrections or expressions of concern.
- Total or partial retraction of the published article.
- Removal of content from the publishing platform when applicable.
- Communication of the situation to the institutions involved, when the seriousness of the case justifies it.
These actions will be applied in accordance with the international recommendations and guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and other recognized good practices in scholarly communication.
Latitude Xero. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research reaffirms its commitment to academic ethics, scientific transparency, investigative honesty and international editorial quality as fundamental pillars of its scientific and editorial activity.
