Questions tagged [plagiarism-checker]
This tag is for software (and other) solutions that allow to check a text or a submission to a journal/conference for instances of plagiarism. The tag is also for questions on the ethics and concerns when using such solutions as well as other issues related to the use of plagiarism-checkers. For questions that are about plagiarism in general, please use the tag "plagiarism" instead.
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Plagiarism-checker to prevent self-plagiarism
I am working on my PhD thesis and have to write a monograph based on my publications. To prevent that I plagiarize myself, I came up with the idea to automatically check my thesis against my ...
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Found possible instance of plagiarism in joint review paper and PhD thesis of high profile collaborator, what to do?
I am a new assistant professor, and I just started my faculty career. I encountered a problem when collaborating with a tenured associate professor from an American University. I am a new faculty, and ...
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Replying to an editor after plagiarism accusation and manuscript rejection
As the title of this question suggests, a manuscript that I submitted was flagged as plagiarized by iThenticate and was rejected by the editor.
The editor claims that the manuscript has 35% similarity ...
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Which free online academic plagiarism checker is closest to Turnitin?
Which free online academic plagiarism checker is closest to Turnitin by quality standard of rigour?
Turnitin features that even somebody plagiarize the context of a passage by use synonyms or simply ...
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Do authors normally check their own papers for plagiarism?
I was recently asked to review a paper (for a very reputable journal). In the cover letter, it says
"This paper has been checked with turnitin to ensure there is no similarity to other papers."
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Can I use plagiarism checker to check the similarity index of my manuscipt?
My university provides access to Turnitin for every student. I have prepared a manuscript ready for submission to a double-blind review conference for September 2023. Is it OK to use the plagiarism ...
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Is it bad to get 40% on TurnitIn?
I submitted my Anthropology paper about abortion in the United States to my teacher, and I saw the Turnitin report being 40%. Needless to say, I almost got a heart attack (figuratively, but it felt ...
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Online checker for Plagiarism: How accurate are they?
I've finished writing my thesis and have done an online plagiarism check. I used https://www.check-plagiarism.com/ to check and got a lot of plagiarism. I don't understand why. You can find an example ...
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Plagiarism checker for mathematics paper
I recently accepted to referee a mathematics paper. This is my first referring assignment and was wondering if there are free plagiarism checkers more suitable for math papers.
side note: Several ...
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What is the acceptable similarity in a mathematics PhD dissertation when checking by Turnitin?
I have checked the originality of my PhD thesis in mathematics using Turnitin. The similarity was 31%. Is this percentage acceptable by most committees?
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Plagiarism from preprint of paper (from the Arxiv)
Recently we have written a research paper and posted a preprint on the Arxiv to obtain some non-official peer review and to increase the quality of our paper. Till now we have not submitted this paper ...
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Why would a university restrict publication of work due to plagiarism fears if TurnItIn was used?
I used to host some code I'd written for university assignments publicly on my GitHub account (after the deadlines had passed, of course). Before long, I received an email from the dep't asking me to ...
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How to Address Unprocessable PDF Submissions in SafeAssign for Plagiarism Checks?
I am an astronomy professor who recently started using Blackboard's SafeAssign tool to check for plagiarism in student submissions. I've encountered a persistent issue with one of my students, whose ...
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Is it wise to upload all the publshed research works to the Standard Paper Repository of Turnitin?
My organization is using Turnitin software and I am the Administrator. Will it be a wise decision to upload all our published research works to the Standard Paper Repository of the software in order ...
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Can free plagiarism tools cause plagiarism false positives when students upload content checked with free tools to Turnitin?
As a lecturer, I have advised many students to use a free plagiarism checker tool to verify their work is plagiarism free, when they don't have access to a widely-used paid tool like Turnitin. I ...
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