Academic Integrity Policy

All articles submitted to the IJI will undergo a similarity checking process via iThenticate.

The Journal follows international norms regarding plagiarized works, completely rejecting any forms of plagiarism and publishing only articles whose authors guarantee the originality of their work.

The editors will also be alert to any processes of self-plagiarism and, whenever deemed necessary, will make recommendations to authors in this respect.

Should an author submit to the IJI a work that is totally or partially plagiarized, this author will permanently be denied any opportunity for publication in the journal. Authors will automatically be informed of this directive and will be guaranteed a right to reply.