Plaigiarism and AI policy

Journal of Heritage and Historical Research (JHHR) is committed to maintaining the integrity, originality, transparency, and ethical standards of scholarly publishing. All submitted manuscripts must comply with established publication ethics and the ethical standards recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

All manuscripts are subject to plagiarism and similarity screening before they are considered for publication. The journal may use recognized plagiarism detection tools, including Turnitin and iThenticate, to identify instances of substantial textual overlap, plagiarism, duplicate publication, and inappropriate use of previously published material.

Plagiarism Limit

The journal allows a maximum similarity index of 15%. Manuscripts exceeding this limit, or containing copied content, improper citation, duplicate publication, self-plagiarism, or any other form of plagiarism, may be rejected during the editorial review process.

Similarity reports are assessed by the editorial team in context. Legitimate similarities, including references, commonly used terminology, standard academic phrases, and properly quoted or cited material, may be considered when evaluating the overall similarity of a manuscript.

AI Usage Policy

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools is permitted only for limited purposes such as language improvement, grammar correction, formatting, and editorial assistance. Authors remain fully responsible for the content, accuracy, originality, and ethical integrity of their manuscripts.

Authors must ensure that:

• AI-generated or AI-assisted content is carefully reviewed, verified, and appropriately revised by the authors.
• The originality, accuracy, authenticity, and scholarly integrity of the manuscript are maintained.
• AI tools are not used to generate misleading, fabricated, falsified, or plagiarized research or research findings.
• Authors remain responsible for verifying all facts, references, citations, data, interpretations, and other content produced or assisted by AI tools.
• The acceptable AI-generated content in a manuscript should be less than 5%.

Authors should disclose the use of AI tools where such use goes beyond routine language correction or editorial assistance and may materially affect the content of the manuscript.

Author Responsibility

Authors are fully responsible for ensuring that their submitted manuscripts are original, accurately represented, appropriately cited, and compliant with applicable publication ethics standards.

Submission of a manuscript to JHHR confirms that the authors have taken reasonable steps to ensure that the work does not contain plagiarism, fabricated or falsified information, unauthorized use of copyrighted material, or duplicate publication.

Misconduct Handling

If plagiarism, inappropriate AI usage, or other forms of publication misconduct are identified either before or after publication, the journal will investigate the matter and take appropriate action in accordance with applicable publication ethics principles and the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Depending on the nature and severity of the misconduct, the journal may:

• Reject the manuscript during the editorial or peer-review process.
• Request clarification, correction, or additional information from the authors.
• Publish corrections, clarifications, or editorial notices where appropriate.
• Retract a published article in cases involving serious ethical misconduct.
• Take other appropriate editorial action depending on the circumstances of the case.

Publication Ethics

JHHR is committed to maintaining responsible and ethical scholarly publishing practices. The journal follows internationally recognized principles of publication ethics and considers the recommendations and guidelines provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) when addressing suspected publication misconduct.