Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else's prior ideas, processes, results or words without explicit acknowledgement of the original author and source.
Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate references. The journal is strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. All manuscripts submitted for publication to JCTB are cross-checked for plagiarism using Turnitin software.
Manuscripts found to be plagiarized during initial stages of review are out-rightly rejected and not considered for publication in the journal.