Plagiarism Policy

Manuscripts submitted to RATS should be original and must not be plagiarized. Every submitted article must checked for plagiarism through Turnitin or iThenticate software.

If Similarity Index (SI) of the article is above 25%, it is sent back to the corresponding author to revise it and bring its SI below 25%, failure of which will result in rejection of article at very first step.

If plagiarism is proved after publication of the article, that article will be immediately withdrawn and removed from the website and the concerned authors will be considered ineligible for publication of their articles in RATS for three years.