Plagiarisme Policy

Didache: Journal of Christian Education states that plagiarism is unacceptable to all authors and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (sanctions) when plagiarism is identified by plagiarism checking software in an article submitted for publication. We use Turnitin as our plagiarism-checking software.

“Plagiarism is copying another person’s text or ideas and passing off the copied material as your work. You must distinguish (i.e., separate and identify) the copied text from your text and give credit (i.e., cite the source) to the source of the copied text to avoid accusations of plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered fraud and can result in serious consequences including loss of employment, loss of reputation, and reduced or failing grades in courses."

This definition of plagiarism applies to copied text and ideas:
1. Regardless of the source of the copied text or idea,
2. Regardless of whether the author of the text or idea you copied the text or idea from another source,
3. Regardless of whether the authorship of the text or idea you copied is known or not,
4. Regardless of the nature of the text (journal article, web page, book chapter, paper submitted for a college course, etc.) from which you copied the text or idea
5. Regardless of whether the author of the source of the copied material is permitted to copy the material; and
6. Regardless of whether or not you are the author of the source of the copied text or idea (self-plagiarism).

When plagiarism is identified by the Plagiarism Checker software, the Editorial Board responsible for reviewing the paper will approve the action according to the level of plagiarism detected in the article according to the following guidelines:

Plagiarism Mild
A small sentence or short paragraph from another manuscript is plagiarized without significant data or ideas taken from another paper or publication.
Penalty: A warning is given to the author and a request to revise the manuscript and cite the original source properly.

Medium Plagiarism
Significant data, paragraphs, or sentences from an article are plagiarized without quoting the original source properly.
Penalty: The submitted article is automatically rejected.

Severe Plagiarism
A large portion of the article is plagiarized involving many aspects such as reproducing original results (data, formulations, equations, laws, statements, etc.), ideas, and methods presented in another publication.
Penalty: The paper is automatically rejected and the author is prohibited from submitting further articles to the journal.