JIMDS respects intellectual property and aims to protect and promote the original work of its authors. Manuscripts containing plagiarized material are against the standards of quality, research, and innovation. Hence, all authors submitting articles to the journal are expected to adhere to ethical standards and refrain from plagiarism in any form.

In case, an author is found to be suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published manuscript then, journal shall contact the author (s) to submit his / her (their) explanation within two weeks, which may be forwarded to the Fact Finding Committee (FFC) constituted for the purpose, for further course of action. If the journal does not receive any response from the author within the stipulated time period, then the Director / Dean / Head of the concerned College, Institution or Organization or the Vice Chancellor of the University to which the author is affiliated shall be contacted to take strict action against the concerned author.

JIMDS shall take serious action against published manuscripts found to contain plagiarism and completely remove them from the Journal website and other third-party websites where the paper is listed and indexed. The moment, any article published in Journal database is reported to be plagiarized, JIMDS will constitute a Fact Finding Committee (FFC) to investigate the same.