The Sapientia Filipina: Review of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (SFREMS) is committed to preserving the highest standards of academic integrity, originality, and ethical scholarly publishing. The journal expects all submitted manuscripts to represent original intellectual work and to comply with internationally recognized principles of responsible research, proper attribution, and ethical publication practices.

To uphold these standards, every manuscript submitted to SFREMS undergoes a plagiarism screening process before entering peer review. The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, or any form of academic misconduct that compromises the integrity of the scholarly record.

All manuscripts submitted to SFREMS are screened using Turnitin or another internationally recognized plagiarism detection software prior to editorial review.

The similarity screening process aims to:

Similarity reports serve as editorial assessment tools and are interpreted carefully within the context of the manuscript. Editorial decisions are not based solely on an overall similarity percentage, but on the nature, extent, and significance of the identified similarities.

SFREMS defines plagiarism as presenting another person's intellectual work, ideas, words, data, images, or other scholarly materials as one's own without appropriate acknowledgment.

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

The journal considers plagiarism a serious breach of publication ethics.

SFREMS also regards self-plagiarism or redundant publication as unethical when authors substantially reuse their previously published work without appropriate citation, disclosure, or editorial approval.

Examples include:

Where prior publication exists, authors must clearly disclose it during manuscript submission.

By submitting a manuscript to SFREMS, authors confirm that:

Authors are strongly encouraged to conduct their own originality screening before submission to minimize delays during editorial assessment.

The journal recognizes that certain similarities may legitimately occur and do not necessarily constitute plagiarism.

Examples include:

Editorial evaluation focuses on whether similarities represent legitimate scholarly practice or unethical text reuse.

When similarity is identified, the Editorial Office evaluates:

Authors may be asked to:

Editorial assessment is conducted on a case-by-case basis.

Beyond plagiarism, SFREMS expects authors to avoid other forms of research misconduct, including:

The journal promotes honesty, transparency, and accountability throughout the research and publication process.

When plagiarism or unethical text reuse is confirmed, the journal may take one or more of the following actions depending on the seriousness of the violation:

Repeated or deliberate violations may result in temporary or permanent restrictions on future submissions to SFREMS.

If plagiarism is discovered after publication, the Editorial Office will investigate the matter in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics Policy.

Depending on the outcome of the investigation, the journal may:

The journal remains committed to preserving the integrity of the scholarly record.

Authors remain fully responsible for ensuring that AI-assisted writing tools do not introduce plagiarized, fabricated, or improperly attributed content into submitted manuscripts.

The use of generative artificial intelligence does not exempt authors from their responsibility to ensure originality, accurate citation, and compliance with the journal's ethical standards.

Additional requirements governing AI-assisted research and writing are described in the journal's Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy.

The Sapientia Filipina: Review of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (SFREMS) is dedicated to fostering a culture of academic honesty, originality, responsible citation, and ethical scholarship across all disciplines represented by the journal. Through rigorous similarity screening, careful editorial evaluation, and adherence to internationally recognized publication ethics, SFREMS seeks to ensure that every published article represents a genuine, credible, and valuable contribution to multidisciplinary knowledge and research.

This Anti-Plagiarism Policy has been developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles of publication ethics, academic integrity, and responsible scholarly publishing and is aligned with:

SFREMS periodically reviews and updates this Anti-Plagiarism Policy to ensure continued alignment with evolving international standards for publication ethics, academic integrity, editorial transparency, and responsible open-access scholarly publishing.