Plagiarism, whether self-plagiarism or any other form of it, has become a major challenge for scientific journals. Electronically available sources and technical means of copying have become an easy resource for authors to add text—sometimes major sections—from their own or others’ articles into a new report or study. Nevertheless, plagiarism in any form is not accepted by academic and scientific institutions and is of major concern in the eyes of journal editors. Any amount of verbatim copying from a previously published article, whether from personal material or that of others, is not acceptable in scientific publishing.

Consequently, CVIR has begun using the web-based content verification system iThenticate in order to check for potential plagiarism in manuscripts that are submitted to CVIR. The Editorial Office submits manuscripts to iThenticate for routine similarity reports to verify whether or not a manuscript is the same as, or significantly similar to, any previously published articles.

Please be reminded that authors should avoid repeating an extensive amount of language from another article, and if the submission is an extension of previously reported findings, authors must clearly explain this wherever the previous findings are repeated. Additionally, the use of any text from a previously published article must be appropriately referenced in the manuscript.

Finally, please remember that when you submit your manuscript to CVIR, it should not be submitted or under consideration elsewhere unless, after thoughtful review, it has been ultimately rejected by CVIR.

We appreciate the original findings and observations of our authors and look forward to continuing our successful relationship with such active participants in the medical and scientific worlds.

Best regards,

Dierk Vorwerk, MD, Editor-in-Chief

Deana Rodriguez, Managing Editor

Tochi Ugbor, Editor’s Assistant