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Plagiarism and AI Screening

How BCPHR screens every submission for plagiarism, AI content, and citation manipulation.

ISSN 3068-8558 DOI 10.54111 Open Access · CC BY Updated April 2026

Every BCPHR manuscript is screened for plagiarism, AI-generated content, and citation manipulation before peer review begins.

Why This Matters

How BCPHR Screens Submissions

Every manuscript submitted to BCPHR is screened for plagiarism, citation manipulation, and AI-generated content before peer review begins. This protects the integrity of the scholarly record and aligns BCPHR with COPE Core Practice on plagiarism and the 16 Principles of Transparency.

The Screening Process

What Happens at Submission

1

Initial Editorial Review

The managing editor checks the manuscript for completeness, alignment with submission guidelines, and required disclosures.

2

Plagiarism Screening

The full manuscript text is run through a plagiarism detection tool that compares the submission against published literature, web content, and previously submitted manuscripts. A similarity report is generated.

3

AI Content Screening

The manuscript text (excluding citations) is run through an AI detection tool to identify content that may have been generated by large language models without disclosure.

4

Citation Pattern Review

The reference list is reviewed for citation manipulation, including excessive self-citation, citation cartels, and inappropriate omissions.

5

Editorial Decision

Manuscripts that pass screening are advanced to peer review. Manuscripts that show evidence of plagiarism, AI generation without disclosure, or citation manipulation are returned to authors with a request for correction or are desk-rejected.

Tools Used

Detection Tools

BCPHR uses the following tools at submission. Authors are encouraged to run their own manuscripts through equivalent tools before submission to identify and correct any issues.

Screening Tools

  • Plagiarism detection: iThenticate (Turnitin's research integrity tool)
  • AI content detection: Originality.ai and GPTZero (cross-checked)
  • Citation pattern review: manual editorial review of reference lists, with attention to self-citation rates and citation network anomalies
  • Image manipulation: visual inspection of figures, with image forensics tools applied where concerns arise

BCPHR may update the specific tools used as the field evolves. The screening process and standards remain constant; only the tools change.

What Happens If a Manuscript Fails Screening

Outcomes

✓

Pass

  • Similarity report shows acceptable matches (typically references and standard methodological language)
  • AI screening shows no flagged content
  • Citation patterns appear normal
  • Manuscript advances to peer review
✕

Concerns Identified

  • Substantial unattributed text matches
  • AI-generated content not disclosed in the AI Use Policy statement
  • Citation manipulation patterns
  • Manuscript is returned for correction or desk-rejected; serious cases referred to Allegations of Misconduct process

AI Use: The BCPHR Position

BCPHR endorses the use of AI to increase productivity and efficiency, but AI cannot replace independent scholarship and writing. Manuscripts must disclose any AI use in the AI Use Policy statement. Manuscripts containing substantial undisclosed AI-generated content will be desk-rejected without the opportunity for resubmission.

OPEN ACCESS · CC BY

Authors retain rights to their work. All BCPHR manuscripts are freely available without charge. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full texts without prior permission from the publisher or author.

BCPHR Aligns with the Following International Publishing Standards. (Click to Open)
COPE Core Practices ICMJE Recommendations WAME Policies Declaration of Helsinki Foundation for Biomedical Research EQUATOR Network 16 Principles of Transparency PIE-J (NISO RP-16-2013)
What is PIE-J? PIE-J stands for Presentation & Identification of E-Journals, a National Information Standards Organization Recommended Practice (NISO RP-16-2013). It defines how online journals should present title history, ISSN, publication dates, and edition numbering so that librarians, indexing services, and citation databases can unambiguously identify and cite content. BCPHR follows PIE-J for its edition-to-year crosswalk and article-level identifier consistency, as recommended by PubMed Central.
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