Artvin Coruh University Journal of Forestry Faculty is a member of  by iThenticate. iThenticate is a plagiarism screening service that verifies the originality of content submitted before publication. Each manuscript newly submitted to the manuscript review system will be checked. In this process, iThenticate provides us with a similarity report. The decision of whether or not a manuscript should be rejected because of fraud or proceed to the peer-review process rests with the handling editor.