Plagiarism Policy

Social Lens (Soc. Lens) maintains strict standards against plagiarism. The journal screens submissions using Turnitin for similarity index (SI). Upper limit of SI is 19% with not more than 5% from a single source. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, citation manipulation, and unethical paraphrasing are prohibited. Authors are responsible for ensuring originality and proper citation of all sources.