Manuscripts in which plagiarism is detected are treated according to the extent of plagiarism. All manuscripts with >30% plagiarism are rejected without exception. If more than 30% plagiarism is detected, it is considered highly unlikely that the authors have revised the manuscript. Authors may rectify and submit a revised version. The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the author's own work, in whole or in part, without proper citation in APA format. The originality of manuscripts submitted to the journal can be checked by means of an anti-plagiarism software program. Plagiarism is the passing off of ideas, words and other creative expressions as one's own. Plagiarism takes several forms. Copying elements of another author's work, such as figures, tables or illustrations that are not in the public domain, or intentionally copying or using textual phrases without citing the source.