To ensure academic integrity and compliance with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, Global Perspectives on People, Power, and History (GPPPH) applies a rigorous plagiarism screening process to all submitted manuscripts. Upon submission, every manuscript is checked using Turnitin plagiarism detection software before it enters the peer-review stage. This screening is a mandatory step and helps safeguard the originality and credibility of the journal’s published content.

Authors are required to formally declare that their submission is original and has not been published or submitted elsewhere. Plagiarism is understood broadly and includes the unauthorized use of text, figures, tables, illustrations, or ideas from any source without appropriate acknowledgment. When previously published material is referenced, it must be clearly indicated through quotation marks and accompanied by accurate citations. While limited and properly cited quotations are acceptable, extensive reuse of existing text even with citation is strongly discouraged. Moreover, if the research design, manuscript structure, or scholarly arguments are influenced by earlier studies, those works must be explicitly cited to maintain transparency.

GPPPH also strictly prohibits self-plagiarism, defined as the reuse of one’s own previously published material without proper citation or justification. Manuscripts that fail to meet these originality standards or are found to contain plagiarism at any stage of the editorial process are subject to immediate rejection. Through these measures, GPPPH reaffirms its commitment to ethical scholarship, originality, and responsible academic publishing.