Manuscripts submitted to Sophist: Journal of Social, Political, Islamic Studies, and Tafsir will be checked for plagiarism using the Turnitin plagiarism detection tool. Sophist: Journal of Social, Political, Islamic Studies, and Tafsir will immediately reject any papers containing plagiarism.

 

Sophist: Journal of Social, Political, Islamic Studies, and Tafsir wants to ensure that all authors exercise due care and adhere to international standards for academic integrity, particularly regarding plagiarism.

 

Plagiarism occurs when an author takes ideas, information, or words from another source without properly crediting that source. Even if unintentional, plagiarism remains a serious academic offense and is unacceptable in international academic publications.

 

When authors obtain specific information (names, dates, places, statistics, or other detailed information) from a specific source, citation is required. (This is only excused in cases of common knowledge, where the data is readily available in more than five sources or is common knowledge, for example, the fact that Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country in the world.)

 

When an author takes an idea from another author, a citation is required even if the author then develops the idea further. This might be an idea about how to interpret the data, what methodology to use, or what conclusions to draw. It might be an idea about broad developments in a field or general information. Regardless of the idea, the author must cite the source. In cases where the author develops the idea further, it is still necessary to cite the original source of the idea, and then in the following sentence, the author can explain the more developed idea.

 

When an author takes the words of another author, a citation and quotation marks are required. Whenever four or more consecutive words are identical to a source the author has read, the author must use quotation marks to indicate the use of the other author's original words; a mere quotation is no longer sufficient.

 

Sophist: Journal of Social and Political Studies, Islamic Studies, and Tafsir upholds academic integrity, and the editors reserve the right to withdraw any manuscript found to violate any of the standards set forth above. For further information, prospective authors may contact the editorial office at admin@sophist.or.id.