Sibar
The journal judges what is in its hands; the violation lies outside it.
Sibar is an external verification layer: it probes the manuscript proposed for publication against Arabic and international publication sources, and surfaces evidence of prior publication that does not appear in the manuscript file itself.
What Sibar is
External verification, not internal examination
Sibar does not read the paper in order to judge it; it searches for what corresponds to it. It takes from the paper what it knows — its title, abstract, and authors — then probes publication sources with that for prior trace, and presents what it finds anchored to its source.
The architecture rests on three pillars:
The sweep
A sweep of what search engines index among Arabic and international publication sources, including Arabic journals and repositories that international screening tools do not reach.
The exception
What the journal itself publishes on its declared sites is excepted, so the appearance of the paper in its original place is not counted as a violation. What remains is presented with its source for the editorial board to assess.
The report
An output that shows what was found and where it was found, with its source and its link where available — so the decision is built on visible evidence, not on an abstract indicator.
What it enables
- 01
Detecting duplicate publication
Monitoring the appearance of the paper — in full or in substance — in another published source, before it is issued in the journal, not after.
- 02
Reaching Arabic sources
Arabic journals and repositories that do not enter the major indexing databases are where most duplicate-publication cases in Arabic journals occur, and where international screening tools do not reach. And it is to these that Sibar looks first.
- 03
A file to refer back to
A documented report bearing the journal’s identity is kept in the manuscript file; it is relied on in review or grievance, and establishes that the journal discharged the duty upon it at the time of the decision.
- 04
Declaration of coverage
The report shows which sources were examined and which returned nothing — so the silence of a source is not read as a result, and the absence of evidence is not counted as evidence.
Where it sits in the decision
The evidence from Sibar; the judgment is the journal’s
Sibar does not issue a decision of acceptance or rejection, nor does it recommend one. It presents what it found and where it found it, and leaves the assessment of its significance to the editorial board — for they alone know the context of the paper, the convention of their field, and the policy of their journal.
Who it is for
- Peer-reviewed scholarly journals
- Editorial boards in universities and colleges
- Academic publishers
- Scientific societies and academies
- Research-integrity units
Start with what is in your hands
Work begins with a batch of manuscripts received by your journal in a single cycle: they are examined, and their results are presented to the editorial board. The decision is then made on a visible output from your own papers — not on a description.