JBPT strictly enforces the publication ethics, integrity mandates, and operational guidelines established by COPE, ICMJE, and the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
JBPT is committed to maintaining the highest standards of research integrity. The journal employs strict detection protocols to identify and handle all forms of academic plagiarism. This includes the uncredited duplication of text, ideas, data, results, images, and figures.
Prohibited Academic Practices: Self-plagiarism, redundant or duplicate publication, salami-slicing (unjustified data fragmentation), and covert text recycling are strictly forbidden. Authors hold exclusive responsibility for the originality of their work. A claim of ignorance regarding plagiarism protocols will not be considered a valid excuse.
Every manuscript submitted to JBPT is automatically screened for textual originality using the Turnitin platform prior to undergoing external peer evaluation.
Permissible Exclusions: Similarity calculation exclusions are strictly limited to properly credited quotations, bibliographic reference paths, standard methodology phrases, scientific formulas, and official institutional names. Any submission found containing unacknowledged copying or manipulation intended to mislead filters will be permanently disqualified.
Suspected instances of plagiarism—whether identified during initial review, post-acceptance tracking, or following active publication—are evaluated by the JBPT Disciplinary Committee (composed of the Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief) in accordance with COPE flowcharts.
⚠️ Authors accused of misconduct are contacted formally and must provide an evidence-backed written response within exactly 30 days.
Depending on the severity and outcome of the investigation, the journal reserves the right to execute the following measures:
If plagiarism is verified after an article has been published, a formal retraction notice or expression of concern will be linked directly to the digital record.
Translation Mandate: Authors must transparently disclose if any portion of their manuscript text was previously published in a non-English language. Translated studies are considered for review only if they contain complete structural rephrasing accompanied by full citations referencing the original source document.
JBPT requires authors to exercise total accuracy, originality, and transparency at every phase of submission. Plagiarism undermines scientific ethics, degrades the validity of the scholarly record, and devalues public trust in biomedical advancements.
The journal encourages scholars, peer reviewers, and readers to report any suspected instances of plagiarism encountered within our publications. Complainants should contact the Editorial Office and provide sufficient documentation or side-by-side textual comparisons to facilitate an objective editorial review.
