International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Research Study (IJOCRS) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. Plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited and is considered a serious breach of ethical conduct. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

1. Copying another author's contents, ideas, images, figures, graphs and tables without proper attribution.

2. Cutting and pasting material from Internet or other electronic resources without proper citation of sources

3. Self-plagiarism, or republishing significant parts of one’s own previously published work without disclosure.

4. Paraphrasing large portions of another work without citation.

5. Using material from thesis, conference article, or reports without appropriate referencing.

The IJOCRS journal follows a strict anti-plagiarism policy. The authors are advised not to indulge in any form of plagiarism. The IJOCRS journal investigates allegations of plagiarism or the unauthorised use of published content to uphold the rights of our authors. IJOCRS also work to guard the journal's reputation against unethical practices. Similarity checks for exclusion from Plagiarism: The similarity checks for plagiarism shall exclude the following –

1. All quoted work reproduced with all necessary permission and/or attribution.

2. All references, bibliography, table of content, preface and acknowledgements.

3. All generic terms, standard symbols and standards equations

Duplicate Submission

Manuscripts that are found to have been published elsewhere, or to be under review elsewhere, will incur duplicate submission sanctions. If authors have used their own previously published work, or work that is currently under review, as the basis for a submitted manuscript, they are required to cite the previous work and indicate how their submitted manuscript offers novel contributions beyond those of the previous work. All the manuscripts submitted to the journal are expected to be the result of own thought‚ research‚ or self–expression and will be subjected to Plagiarism check. In case Plagiarism is found and claimed, the work shall be immediately withdrawn/Rejected and strict action shall be initiated against defaulters.

Citation Policy

Submitted manuscripts that are found to include citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a given author’s work, or to articles published in a particular journal, will incur citation manipulation penalty.

The authors' responsibility to make sure that all relevant information pick from outside sources, including their own published research work is properly attributed and, if needed, permission is approved. It is imperative that authors abstain from much self-citation and do not replicate references from unread works. Authors should not mention advertising or advertorial content, nor should they display partiality when referring to their own, their friends', peers', or their institution's publications.

As per the rules by COPE, "original wording directly quoted from other researcher's publications should be enclosed in quotation marks and appropriately cited." Author's own works are likewise subject to this technique. A discussion document on citation manipulation by COPE has been released, which includes best practices guidelines.