Journal of Software Engineering Ampera (Journal-SEA) is committed to publishing only original work. Plagiarism in any form—including copying text, data, figures, or ideas without proper citation, paraphrasing without attribution, and self-plagiarism (reusing one's own published work without citation)—is unacceptable.

Similarity Check

• Every submitted manuscript is checked with plagiarism-detection software before peer review and again before publication.
• The maximum accepted overall similarity index is 20%, excluding references and properly quoted material. A single source should not account for a substantial portion of the similarity.
• Manuscripts exceeding this limit are returned to the authors for revision or rejected, depending on the extent and nature of the overlap.

Handling Plagiarism

• Before publication: the manuscript is rejected and the authors are informed of the reasons.
• After publication: the case is investigated following COPE flowcharts. Depending on severity, the article may be corrected or retracted (see Correction and Retraction), and the authors' institution may be notified.

Authors may be asked to provide the similarity report together with their submission.