Plagiarism Policy

Authors must ensure that they have written original work, and that if the author has used the work and/or words of others that they have been appropriately cited or cited.

The DEVELOP Editorial Board recognizes that plagiarism is unacceptable and therefore established the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in articles submitted for publication on DEVELOP .

All manuscripts will undergo a pre-review plagiarism check using Turnitin. The screening process will be carried out by the Editor who has been appointed by the Editorial Board after the manuscript is received.