Jurnal Empathy is committed to maintaining academic integrity and ensuring the originality of all submitted manuscripts. All manuscripts are screened for similarity and potential plagiarism using plagiarism detection software before being considered for publication.

Authors must ensure that their submissions are original, properly cited, and free from plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, and inappropriate text recycling. Any ideas, statements, data, images, or materials derived from other sources must be appropriately acknowledged and cited.

The journal applies a maximum similarity index of 20% as an initial screening threshold. However, the similarity index is not the sole basis for determining plagiarism. Editors assess the similarity report by examining the nature, location, and context of matching text, including the appropriateness of citations, references, commonly used terminology, and methodological descriptions.

If substantial or inappropriate similarities are identified, the editorial team may request clarification or revision, reject the manuscript, or take further action in accordance with the severity of the suspected misconduct. Allegations of plagiarism or other publication misconduct identified after publication will be handled in accordance with the journal’s publication ethics policies and relevant Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance.

By submitting a manuscript to Jurnal Empathy, authors agree to comply with this policy and uphold the principles of originality, transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing.