Plagiarism Policy

Journal of China Agricultural University has joined the Academic Misconduct Literature Check System (AMLC) (https://check.cnki.net/amlc/) since 2008 to fight against plagiarism and ensure high ethical standards for all submitted papers. Based on the China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database, the AMLC system effectively detects unoriginal content, enabling our editors to preserve the journal's integrity and the authors' copyright. AMLC system can detect academic misconduct such as plagiarism, forgery, tampering, improper attribution, and multiple submissions of the same manuscript. 

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works. If they have used the work and/or words of others, this should be appropriately cited or quoted. Data, text, figures, or ideas originated by other researchers should be properly acknowledged. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. 

The authors must guarantee:

1) the article has not been published elsewhere;

2) it is not being considered for publication elsewhere;

3) it has been submitted with the full knowledge and approval of the institution or organization given as the authors’ affiliations. 

Submission of multi-authored manuscripts implies the consent of each of the authors. Suppose data from the article is used, partially or entirely, in other research articles, or the data and results represent only part of a bigger research project described in multiple publications. In that case, these must be clearly presented to the editor. 

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. 

All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible. 

Editors must act if they suspect misconduct, to ensure the integrity of the academic report. Whenever it is recognized that a significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distorted report has been published, it must be corrected promptly. If an item proves to be fraudulent, it should be retracted after an appropriate investigation. The retraction should be clearly identifiable to readers and indexing systems.