To uphold academic integrity and publishing standards, the Journal of Clinical Psychology Research (JCPR) rigorously screens all submissions for plagiarism using intihal.net, which operates with the iThenticate plagiarism detection system. This system cross-checks manuscripts against an extensive and continually updated database, including:

• Over 90,000 newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and books,
• More than 17 billion indexed web pages and archived content,
• Over 30 million documents from 70,000+ scientific journals, and
• More than 86 million articles from over 150 major academic publishers, including CrossRef, IEEE, Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, SAGE, Wiley, Oxford University Press, PubMed, and others.

This process ensures that submitted manuscripts meet international standards of originality and transparency as required by COPE and other indexing and regulatory bodies. By submitting a manuscript to JCPR, authors affirm that their work is original and free from any form of plagiarism or unethical reuse. If plagiarism is detected at any stage of the editorial process:

• The manuscript will be immediately rejected or retracted if already published,
• A detailed plagiarism report will be shared with the corresponding author(s),
• In serious cases, notifications may be sent to the authors’ affiliated institutions or funding bodies.

JCPR maintains a strict zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism and is committed to preserving the credibility of scholarly research.