Plagiarism Policy

The journal of Single Case in the Social Sciences (SCSS) has a no tolerance policy for plagiarism. Please comply with the following: 

  • The author(s) are responsible to ensure the submitted manuscript is entirely original work. They must adhere to citation practices that gives credit to the works and words of others where they are used. 
  • Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is not acceptable.
  • Self-plagiarism involves reusing one’s own specific words from other published materials. If author(s) quote verbatim previously published work it must be placed in quotations and properly referenced. 
  • Authors may submit a manuscript previously published in abstract form, such as in the proceedings of an annual meeting or conference.