Anti-Plagiarism Policy

CESTA is committed to academic integrity, manuscript originality, and compliance with good practices in scientific publishing. For this reason, all manuscripts submitted to the journal are subject to similarity screening before entering the editorial process.

Similarity checks are carried out using specialized detection tools in order to identify possible cases of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, content duplication, improper use of sources, or unauthorized reproduction of previously published material.

Manuscripts must show an acceptable level of similarity consistent with their academic nature. As a general criterion, CESTA will consider for review those manuscripts with a similarity percentage between 0% and 20%, provided that the detected matches correspond to legitimate, properly cited, and justified use. When this threshold is exceeded, or when problematic similarities are identified, the manuscript may be rejected or returned to the authors for correction.

Authors will be informed whenever the similarity analysis reveals relevant issues that must be addressed before the manuscript can proceed in the editorial process.

Information derived from this process will be treated confidentially and will be available only to members of the editorial team involved in the assessment of the manuscript.

Submission of a manuscript to CESTA implies that the authors declare the originality of their work, properly acknowledge the sources used, and accept the similarity checks conducted by the journal.

When there is evidence of plagiarism or other practices contrary to editorial ethics, the journal may conduct additional review procedures and adopt the corresponding editorial decisions in accordance with its policies and principles of academic integrity.