The Interdisciplinary Journal of Education (IJE) is committed to maintaining the originality, integrity, and reliability of the scholarly record. Authors are expected to submit original work and to acknowledge all sources appropriately.

1. Originality of the Manuscript
   Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts represent original scholarly work. When the ideas, words, data, figures, tables, instruments, or other materials of others are used, appropriate citation, quotation, acknowledgment, and permission must be provided where required.
2. Duplicate and Concurrent Submission
   Authors must not submit or publish manuscripts describing substantially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Simultaneous submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is not permitted.
3. Acknowledgment of Sources
   Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite relevant publications that have influenced the reported research and provide appropriate scholarly context for the study.
   Plagiarism, unattributed copying, inappropriate paraphrasing, fabricated references, misleading attribution, and improper text recycling are unacceptable.
4. Similarity Screening
   Manuscripts submitted to the Interdisciplinary Journal of Education (IJE) may be screened using similarity-detection software, including Turnitin or other appropriate scholarly integrity tools.
   Similarity screening is used to assist editorial assessment and does not replace professional academic and ethical judgment.
5. Interpretation of Similarity Reports
   Similarity reports are evaluated contextually rather than solely on the basis of a numerical percentage. Editors consider the source, extent, location, and nature of matched text.
   Editorial assessment may distinguish between:
   • properly quoted and cited material;
   • reference lists and bibliographic information;
   • standard methodological terminology;
   • legitimate reuse with appropriate attribution;
   • inappropriate text recycling;
   • unattributed copying;
   • duplicate publication; and
   • other forms of potentially problematic textual overlap.
   A manuscript may be returned for revision, rejected, or referred for further research-integrity review when the pattern of overlap indicates plagiarism, inappropriate text recycling, duplicate publication, or other publication-ethics concerns.