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Is it acceptable as a journal to set a standard threshold for acceptable levels of text overlap in submissions?

#COPE very clear and brief: NO. https://publicationethics.org/guidance/cope-position/determining-acceptable-levels-plagiarismduplication

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #NightshiftEditor

Some #SysReviews make me wonder where the efforts of the "critical appraisal" modules go. And what we generally assume about #ScienceEditing and #PeerReview:

"For this study we only considered studies published in Q1 and Q2 journals in [ranking system], in order to guarantee intra-rater convergence."
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#NightshiftEditor #ResearchAssessment