Authors are responsible for ensuring that their works are unique, and that they fully acknowledge the source of any content which is not entirely the authors’ own. The journal will check articles for plagiarism (i.e. reproducing any content without attribution and permission) using Urkund Delivred by National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) and considers the inclusion of plagiarised content to be misconduct by the authors.

If an author receives an acceptance notice, and it is later discovered that their article contains plagiarism, the acceptance is automatically revoked, along with the publication. The author responsible for the plagiarism is blacklisted, and the scientific community is informed via the "Retraction Watch" website.

In cases of uncertainty, the journal will use plagiarism detection software, as mentioned above, both before publication and after the article's final acceptance. If there is suspicion or a reviewer reports potential plagiarism, the journal may also employ the software during the review process.

As far as copyright is concerned, the authors retain copyright in their articlest without restriction, but grant IJAFAME journal the right of the first publication.

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