Screening for Plagiarism
Early Childhood Education Development and Studies (ECEDS) is committed to maintaining the originality and scientific integrity of every article it publishes. All submitted manuscripts must undergo a plagiarism screening process before they can proceed to the peer review stage.

Tool Used
Plagiarism screening is conducted by the Editorial Team using Turnitin, an internationally recognized text-similarity detection tool widely used by reputable scholarly journals.

Similarity Tolerance Threshold

Similarity Index	Action Taken
< 20%	Manuscript may proceed to the review stage
20% – 30%	Returned to the author for revision before further processing
> 30%	Rejected outright; the author may resubmit after thorough revision
Detected after publication	The article will be retracted; a public retraction notice will be published on the journal website

Similarity arising from properly formatted direct quotations, reference lists, and standard methodological descriptions will be assessed contextually by the editor.

Screening Stages
Screening is conducted at two stages: (1) when the manuscript is first received by the editor — prior to being sent to reviewers, and (2) after the revision process is complete, before the manuscript is formally accepted for publication.

Handling Violations
Any manuscript found to contain plagiarism will be immediately rejected and the author will be formally notified.
If plagiarism is detected after an article has been published, the article will be retracted in accordance with the procedures of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and a retraction notice will be published on the journal's website.

Author's Commitment
By submitting a manuscript to ECEDS, authors declare that the work submitted is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not currently under review by any other journal or publication. Any use of the work or words of others must be accompanied by proper and accurate citation.

 

Kebijakan Skrining Plagiarisme

Jurnal ECEDS: Early Childhood Education Development and Studies berkomitmen menjaga orisinalitas dan integritas ilmiah setiap artikel yang diterbitkan. Seluruh naskah yang masuk wajib melalui proses skrining plagiarisme sebelum dapat dilanjutkan ke tahap peer review.

Alat yang Digunakan

Skrining plagiarisme dilakukan oleh Tim Editorial menggunakan Turnitin, perangkat deteksi kemiripan teks yang diakui secara internasional dan digunakan secara luas oleh jurnal ilmiah bereputasi.

Batas Toleransi Similarity

Similarity Index	Tindak Lanjut
< 20%	Naskah dapat dilanjutkan ke tahap review
20% – 30%	Dikembalikan ke penulis untuk direvisi sebelum diproses
> 30%	Ditolak langsung; penulis dapat mengirim ulang setelah perbaikan menyeluruh
Terdeteksi setelah terbit	Artikel diretraksi; pemberitahuan retraksi diterbitkan secara terbuka

Terdeteksi setelah terbit Artikel diretraksi; pemberitahuan retraksi diterbitkan secara terbukaKemiripan yang berasal dari kutipan langsung yang benar, daftar pustaka, dan metodologi standar akan dipertimbangkan secara kontekstual oleh editor.

Tahap Pelaksanaan

Skrining dilakukan dalam dua tahap: (1) saat naskah pertama kali diterima oleh editor — sebelum dikirim ke reviewer, dan (2) setelah proses revisi selesai sebelum naskah dinyatakan diterima untuk diterbitkan.
Tindak Lanjut PelanggaranNaskah yang terbukti mengandung plagiarisme akan langsung ditolak dan penulis dinotifikasi secara resmi.

Apabila plagiarisme ditemukan setelah artikel diterbitkan, artikel akan diretraksi sesuai prosedur COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) dan pemberitahuan retraksi akan dipublikasikan di halaman jurnal.

Komitmen Penulis

Dengan mengirimkan naskah ke jurnal ECEDS, penulis menyatakan bahwa karya yang dikirimkan adalah orisinal, belum pernah diterbitkan di tempat lain, dan tidak sedang dalam proses review di jurnal atau publikasi lain. Penggunaan karya orang lain wajib disertai dengan sitasi yang tepat dan akurat.