Plagiarism Policy

Armaghan is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and originality in scholarly publishing. The journal strictly follows the Plagiarism Policy and ethical guidelines of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan.

All submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism using Turnitin (or other recognized plagiarism detection software) before they are sent for peer review. Manuscripts must have an overall similarity index of less than 20%, excluding properly cited references, quotations, and commonly used phrases, in accordance with the HEC plagiarism policy.

Manuscripts found to contain excessive similarity, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabricated data, or other forms of academic misconduct may be rejected at any stage of the review or publication process. If plagiarism is discovered after publication, the journal reserves the right to retract the article and take appropriate action in accordance with HEC regulations and international publication ethics.

Authors are solely responsible for ensuring the originality of their work and for providing proper acknowledgment of all sources used in their manuscripts.

HEC Plagiarism Policy:
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