Anti-plagiarism policy.

Acta Botanica Mexicana uses specialized software for plagiarism detection (iThenticate). Submitted texts will be reviewed before being sent for peer review. They will be rejected if the percentage of similarity to another published text or one available online exceeds 50%.

If a high percentage of similarity is detected, the editors will evaluate the manuscript to determine if it constitutes plagiarism:

1) The entire work has a high percentage of similarity (and the original work is not cited): rejection.

2) Specific phrases have a high percentage of similarity: authors will be asked to change the phrases in question, for which they will have two weeks, in addition to any other corrections requested by the editorial team.

If possible plagiarism is detected or reported in a published text, the procedure to follow is that established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and available at https://publicationethics.org/.