Plagiarism Policy

SAKRA: Jurnal Sains Akademik Kependidikan dan Rekayasa Aplikasi strongly recommends that authors screen their manuscripts for textual similarity using reliable plagiarism detection software prior to submission. This proactive practice helps uphold originality, academic integrity, and ethical standards essential to scholarly publishing in Engineering Science and Academic Educational Sciences.
 
All manuscripts submitted to SAKRA undergo mandatory screening using Turnitin, a trusted plagiarism detection platform. Submissions exhibiting a Similarity Index exceeding 25% will be returned to authors for revision before entering the peer-review process. Manuscripts showing excessive textual overlap—particularly in core sections such as methodology, results, discussion, or educational intervention descriptions—may be rejected if revisions fail to adequately address originality concerns.
 
Authors bear full responsibility for ensuring:
  • Proper citation of all sources in accordance with APA 6th edition format
  • Appropriate attribution for reused content (including figures, tables, equations, diagrams, or substantial excerpts)
  • Original presentation of engineering designs, experimental procedures, pedagogical frameworks, and analytical discussions
  • Avoidance of self-plagiarism (recycling previously published text without citation or significant transformation)
Plagiarism in any form—including verbatim copying, paraphrasing without attribution, data fabrication, or inappropriate text recycling—is considered a serious breach of publication ethics. Violations may result in immediate rejection, post-publication retraction, and, when warranted, notification to the author's affiliated institution or funding body.
 
SAKRA is committed to maintaining the highest standards of research integrity to advance trustworthy knowledge in sustainable engineering practices and evidence-based educational innovation.