PLAGIARISM POLICY

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• Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else’s prior ideas, processes, results, or words without explicit acknowledgment of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes a large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate references.

• Chronicle of Aquatic Science is strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. Plagiarism is said to have occurred when large portions of a manuscript have been copied from existing previously published resources.
• Authors are advised to check the plagiarism before submission of articles. There should be minimum plagiarism in the articles (preferably below 10%).
• Articles found to be plagiarized during the initial stages of review are out-rightly rejected and not considered for publication.
• Authors need to declare that their article is original and is not plagiarized/ unethical in any form, without which the manuscript shall not be considered for publication.