Authors guarantee that the manuscript they submit has not been submitted for consideration for publication in whole or in part in another medium, and that the content contains the required citations in the precise places for publication,

Different specialized services are used to search for grammatical and orthotypographic coincidences, to prevent plagiarism and to comply with the editorial quality standards that guarantee an authentic scientific production, therefore, the processing of manuscripts that are published or under review in other media will be automatically suspended.

The journal CoPaLa, Construyendo Paz Latinoamericana, makes available to authors, reviewers, scientific community and interested parties in general, a set of specific tools for the detection of plagiarism. Interfaces of free access and payment, which ensure the originality of all types of manuscripts for plagiarism control: Grammarly, URKUND, Plagium, plagiarisma.net, PaperRater.

 

The following practices are considered plagiarism:

Direct plagiarism
- Minimal changes are made and another's text is presented as one's own.
- The authorship of fragments (sentences or paragraphs) that correspond to another's texts is omitted (whether they are reproduced verbatim and without quotation marks or if they are presented through paraphrases).

Plagiarism in direct quotes
- Quotation marks are not used to indicate the fragments (sentences or paragraphs) that are reproduced verbatim.
- Only part of the fragment (sentences or paragraphs) that is reproduced verbatim is indicated by quotation marks (it is omitted that the sentences before and/or after the quoted passage also correspond to the quoted text).

Plagiarism in paraphrasing
- The changes made do not substantially modify the wording of the original fragment (sentences or paragraphs), so they do not constitute paraphrasing.
- The paraphrasing is extensive and the paraphrased passages are not clearly distinguished from the own passages.
- The paraphrasing is continuous and no materials, own ideas or critical reflections are added that allow interaction or that enrich the information available in other works already published.

It is not considered plagiarism when:
- The passages that are reproduced do not dominate over the original contributions of the author.
- The incorporation of other passages is used to allow the author to interact critically with the points of view of another person.
- The argument of the original text retains its meaning but is reworked with different words or characteristics.

Self-plagiarism or recycling fraud
- Minimal changes are made to a text of one's own and it is presented as if it were a different work.
- The indication that it is a previously published work that is presented recycled with corrections or new additions is omitted.

It is not considered self-plagiarism when:
- The previous work is the basis for a new contribution, and key parts must be repeated to explain and defend the new arguments.
- The author considers that what was developed in previous works cannot be presented in a better way for the new publication.
- The repeated passages do not exceed 30% of the original work.