Plagiarism and AI-Generated Content Policy

The Nature-Nurture Journal of Psychology (NNJP) maintains a rigorous policy for ensuring the originality and integrity of all submitted manuscripts. Each manuscript is subjected to a thorough plagiarism check, and only original, unpublished content is eligible for publication. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarized material or substantial AI-generated content without appropriate attribution will be rejected.

In accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines, all direct quotations from external sources must be placed in quotation marks with appropriate citations. This policy extends to an author’s own previously published work to prevent self-plagiarism.

Moreover, any content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) must be fully disclosed by the author. AI-generated material that is included in the manuscript should adhere to the highest standards of academic integrity, ensuring that it is properly acknowledged, and must be zero percent plagiarized. Authors must ensure that AI-generated content is appropriately integrated, ensuring it does not compromise the originality or ethical standards of the submission.

All submissions must contain content that is entirely original and not previously published elsewhere, ensuring complete academic honesty and integrity in line with NNJP’s publication standards.