Plagiarism and AI Content Policy

THE VISIONARY SPECTRUM: JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity, originality, and ethical publication practices. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are subject to plagiarism screening and editorial evaluation before the peer-review process.

Plagiarism Policy

  • Authors must submit only original and unpublished work.
  • The similarity index/plagiarism in the manuscript should not exceed 10%.
  • Any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, duplication, or unethical copying, is strictly prohibited.
  • Proper acknowledgment and citation of all referenced sources, data, tables, figures, and previously published materials are mandatory.
  • Manuscripts found with significant plagiarism or unethical research practices will be rejected immediately.
  • If plagiarism is identified after publication, the journal reserves the right to retract the article and take appropriate academic and ethical action.

AI-Generated Content Policy

  • The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Grammarly, translation tools, or other AI-assisted technologies for language improvement, editing, or research assistance is permitted only with proper human supervision and responsibility.
  • Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, authenticity, and integrity of the submitted manuscript.
  • AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors of any manuscript.
  • Authors should disclose the use of AI tools, if extensively used in content generation, data interpretation, or manuscript preparation.
  • Manuscripts containing misleading, fabricated, manipulated, or entirely AI-generated scholarly content without proper verification may be rejected.
  • The journal reserves the right to use plagiarism detection and AI-content screening tools during the editorial and review process.

Ethical Compliance

The journal follows COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Guidelines and expects authors, reviewers, and editors to uphold honesty, transparency, academic ethics, and responsible research practices at all stages of publication.

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