All manuscripts submitted to Sabda: Journal of Education, Assessment, Technology, and Cultural Studies will be screened using plagiarism detection software before entering the peer-review process. The journal is committed to maintaining academic integrity and preventing all forms of plagiarism and publication misconduct.

The plagiarism screening criteria are as follows:

1. The maximum similarity index allowed is 25%.
2. Similarity from any single source must not exceed 5%.
3. Manuscripts identified as containing plagiarism will be returned to the authors for revision or may be rejected, depending on the severity of the issue.
4. Sabda enforces a strict policy against plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate publication, and other forms of publication ethics violations.

Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality of their manuscripts and for properly citing all sources used in their work.