The Editorial Team of the Journal of Bratasena: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat recognizes that plagiarism is unacceptable and therefore established the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) if plagiarism is identified in articles submitted for publication in the Editorial Bratasena: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat.

Definition:
Plagiarism is an act of intentionally or unintentionally obtaining or attempting to obtain credit or value for a scientific work, by quoting part or all of another party's scientific work and/or work that is recognized as a scientific work, without stating the source appropriately and adequately.

For that, then:

Articles must be original, previously unpublished, and not awaiting publication elsewhere. Material taken orally from other sources needs to be clearly identified so that it is different from the original text.

If plagiarism is identified, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for reviewing the article and will approve action according to the level of plagiarism detected, with the following guidelines:

Plagiarism Rate
1. Plagiarize several short sentences from other articles without citing the source. Action: The author is issued a warning and requests to amend the text and citations appropriately.
2. Plagiarizing large portions of other articles without proper citation and not citing the source. Action: The submitted article is rejected for publication in the Editorial Journal of Political Science and Applied Social Studies (JIPOSSTER) and the author may be subject to sanctions because they are not allowed to publish in the Editorial Journal of Political Science and Applied Social Studies (JIPOSSTER).

All article authors are responsible for the content of the articles they submit because they all sign the Letter of Editorial Originality for the Journal of Political Science and Applied Social Studies (JIPOSSTER). If an article is classified as plagiarism, then all authors will be subject to the same action.

If the author is proven to have submitted a manuscript to the Editorial Journal of Political Science and Applied Social Studies (JIPOSSTER) while simultaneously sending it to another journal, and an overlap is found during the review process or after publication, then action will be taken. given according to point 2 above.

If plagiarism is found outside of the provisions above, the editorial team of the Journal of Political Science and Applied Social Studies (JIPOSSTER) has the right to impose sanctions according to the editorial team's policy.