Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism Policy Statement

a. The Journal of Modern Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (JMHRS) maintains a zero-tolerance policy for any form of plagiarism.
b. All anti-plagiarism policies, rules, regulations, and guidelines provided by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) will be fully adopted and implemented in true spirit.
c. Academic integrity will be promoted through training and the dissemination of resources such as the researchers' code of conduct.
d. Turnitin will serve as the official software for checking plagiarism in texts written in languages supported by the software. Only official Turnitin accounts provided by the journal will be used for plagiarism checks, exclusively for research conducted by or within JMHRS.
e. Authors, reviewers, and editorial staff must not use personal email addresses for any official journal-related correspondence.
f. Any violations of this policy will result in disciplinary actions.

Code of Conduct

Authors submitting to JMHRS are expected to:

• Uphold universal ethical principles in research.
• Abide by all policies, rules, and regulations set forth by JMHRS.
• Comply with applicable local and international research standards and best practices.
• Avoid unethical research practices.
• Employ appropriate and relevant research methodologies.
• Draw conclusions based on critical evidence analysis.
• Accurately and fully report research findings.
• Maintain clear, accurate, and complete research records.
• Give proper credit to all individuals who contributed to the research.
• Obtain informed consent from participants, ensuring confidentiality and the right to withdraw before data collection, especially in fields like Social Sciences.
• Maintain confidentiality when reviewing others' work.
• Avoid any form of plagiarism.

Note: Please refer to HEC guidelines on "Ethics of Using Turnitin for Administrators and Faculty."