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A specific process is followed to manage a case of plagiarism. The IJTLD follows the guidelines contained in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flowcharts(http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts):In the case of suspected plagiarism in a published article:· The person who advised us of the situation is informed about the process to be followed.· The articles are compared to check the degree of copying.· All Editors of the IJTLD are informed and asked for their comments.· The corresponding author of the article in question is contacted with documentary evidence of plagiarism and is asked for a response.· If the authors are found guilty of plagiarism- The editor of the journal in which the original plagiarised article was published and the authors of the plagiarised article are informed- The IJTLD publishes an official retraction of the paper
- The online version of the IJTLD article is withdrawn from the Ingenta host site, and
- The IJTLD will not publish any article by any of the authors concerned for a period of 5 years.


