Plagiarism Policy

TNAOI Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery is committed to publish original and unpublished material to maintain the integrity of the scientific record. The corresponding author must affirm that all of the other authors have read and approved of the manuscript. All research papers submitted to TNAOI Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery are screened for plagiarism. If a research paper contains traces of plagiarism, TNAOI Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery will lead an investigation on the matter and will take further action depending on the type of plagiarism. Further, authors must assure that the manuscript is not being considered for publication in whole or in part elsewhere. Processing on manuscripts found to have been published elsewhere or under review will be suspended and authors will consequently suffer sanctions. TNAOI Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery uses "Turnitin" plagiarism tool and plagiarism detected above 20% in an article is not considered for publishing.

We follow the workflow suggested by COPE for plagiarism check as per the link below.

https://publicationethics.org/sites/default/files/plagiarism-submitted-manuscript-cope-flowchart.pdf