The journal “Scientific Proceedings of the Forestry Academy of Sciences of Ukraine” only accepts original papers for publication that have not been published before. The journal uses Unicheck software to check for text borrowing in submitted manuscripts. The publication's editorial board believes that plagiarism in scientific publications violates the system of professional conduct norms in the relationships between authors, reviewers, editors, publishers, and readers, and contradicts the provisions of the Publication Ethics section.

The publication's editorial board analyses all recorded cases of plagiarism and reserves the right to prevent a manuscript from being submitted for review. Scientific research papers received by the journal's editorial board are analysed according to the following criteria:

• if the text is more than 85% original, the material is accepted for consideration;
• if the text is between 75% and 85% original, the author needs to check the correctness of the citations and references to the sources used;
• less than 75% originality: the material is not accepted for consideration.

The percentage of plagiarism is calculated using software that checks documents for borrowings in both the local database and on the internet. The report received is analysed by the editorial board.

If text borrowing is discovered after publication, the editorial board will conduct a thorough analysis. The journal's editorial board will contact the author to inform them of the situation. If a violation of publication ethics regarding plagiarism in scientific articles is confirmed, the article may be withdrawn. More than 3% plagiarism from one source is not permitted.