Plagiarism Policy

Public Health Frontier maintains a strict policy against plagiarism to uphold academic integrity and the originality of published work. All manuscripts submitted to the journal must be the original work of the authors and must not contain any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, duplication, or unauthorized use of others' work without proper citation.

All submissions will be checked for plagiarism using reliable and licensed plagiarism detection software before being considered for peer review. Manuscripts found to have a similarity index exceeding the journal’s acceptable threshold (typically less than 20%) or containing clear evidence of copied content will be automatically rejected or returned to the authors for revision, depending on the severity.

If plagiarism is identified after publication, the editorial board will take appropriate actions, which may include retraction of the article, notification to the authors’ institution, and a ban on future submissions from the authors involved.

Authors are fully responsible for the originality of their work and are expected to ensure proper citation and adherence to ethical standards in scientific writing.