PLAGIARISM POLICY

ATM Editorial board recognizes that plagiarism is unacceptable and establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article submitted for publication.

Manuscripts submitted to this Journal will be filtered for plagiarism using authenticate applications with a similar level of a maximum of 25% when published. The submitted manuscript would be checked for plagiarism using by:

                        

 

Plagiarism Policy in ATM:

Articles must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source. Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also involves identification of the source; e.g., previous publication. The Editor in Chief is responsible for reviewing this article and will approve action according to the level of plagiarism detected in the article according to the following guidelines:

1. 1. Severe: A significant portion of an article is plagiarized that involves reproducing original results or ideas presented in another publication.
      Action: A warning is given to the authors, and a request to change the text and properly
      cite the original article is made.
   2. Severe: A significant portion of an article is plagiarized without proper citation to the
      original article.
      Action: The submitted article is rejected, and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for one year.
   3. Severe: A significant portion of an article is plagiarized that involves reproducing original results or ideas presented in another publication.
      Action: The article is rejected, and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for five years.
      

This policy applies to material reproduced from another publication by the same author(s). If an author uses text or previously published text, the corresponding paragraphs or figures should be identified and the previous publication referenced. 

The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and the publisher. Suppose an author submits a manuscript to ATM with significant overlap with a manuscript submitted to another journal simultaneously. Furthermore, this overlap is discovered during the review process or after the publications of both articles. In that case, the Editor of the other Journal is notified. The case is treated as a severe plagiarism case. Significant overlap means using identical or almost identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for one half or more of the article. The case shall be treated as intermediate plagiarism For self-plagiarism of less than one-half of the article and more than one-tenth of the article. If self-plagiarism is confined to the methods section, the case shall be considered as minor plagiarism.

The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and the publisher. Suppose an author submits a manuscript to ATM, with a significant overlap manuscript submitted to another journal simultaneously, and this overlap is discovered during the review process or after the publications of both articles. In that case, the Editor of the other Journal is notified. The case is treated as a severe plagiarism case. Significant overlap means using identical or almost identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for one half or more of the article. The case shall be treated as intermediate plagiarism For self-plagiarism of less than one-half of the article and more than one-tenth of the article. If self-plagiarism is confined to the methods section, the case shall be considered as minor plagiarism.

Nevertheless, an author shall use material from an unpublished presentation, including visual displays, in a subsequent journal publication. If a publication is submitted initially in another language, the title, date, and Journal of the original publication must be identified by the authors, and the copyright must be obtained. The Editor may accept such a translated publication to bring it to the attention of a wider audience. The Editor may select a specific article published (e.g., a "science" article) for republication to provide a better perspective of a series of articles published in one issue of ATM. This republishing must be listed as the date, and a Journal of the original publication must be provided. Permission from the author(s) and publisher must also be obtained.

The ATM layout editor for the Journal is responsible for maintaining the list of authors subjected to penalties and will check that no authors of a submitted article are on this list. If a banned author is identified, the layout editor will inform the Editor-in-Chief, who will take appropriate measures. This policy will be posted on the website with instructions for submitting manuscripts. Copies will be sent to authors with a confirmation email upon initial receipt of their original manuscript. A copyright transfer form is sent to indicate that the author has read the Plagiarism Policy.