It is an important part of academic work which is referencing that recognizes the sources of information that  have been used to write a paper , and it provides  enough information to identify the sources by the readers.

Plagiarism, duplicate publication, concurrent submission, data fabrication and falsification, and illegal credit of author contribution are considered as violations of publication ethics. 

The term plagiarism describes the unacknowledged use of work and is usually produced by improper referencing and is a violation of moral and professional ethics.

Therefore, to prevent such violation submissions to the Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal are subject to inspection using Plagiarism detection Software Ithenticate. Thus, any unethical behaviors are unacceptable by the journal. The approved percentage is 20%.