We submitted a research article for IEEE conference. The conference committee taken into account the reference section (Bibliography) and authors affiliation while checking similarity check. The reference section gave more than 20% similarity index (over all 33%) catching similarity to paper title and the authors of the reference section, and they told us to revise to paper. Excluding bibliography (Reference) section, we found similarity index below 15%. When we contacted the conference committee and asked why they are considering reference section for plagiarism, they told us that IEEE conference paper takes account bibliography section for plagiarism, but they did not able to provide us any documents regarding their claim. As far we know, bibliography section is exclude while considering plagiarism. Is IEEE follow different guideline for cheeking plagiarism for their conference paper?
The reason that journal editors look for similarity in the references section is that some unscrupulous authors do not do their own literature review, but just copy someone else's literature review and then use it. This is a particular problem if the unscrupulous authors are doing a review article.
It is important to flush out the poor review of related literature by some authors
My contention is that using similar references is bound to occur if we are reading the same sources for literature. I use google scholar to quote my references accurately. if some does the same our references will be similar although not in the same order. Perhaps the bibliography section mus be exempt from plagiarism check
I agree with Dr. Mushongo; the plagiarism checks usually excludes the reference section of the manuscript.
References are exempted from Plagiarism (For IEEE Conferences).
https://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/plagiarism_FAQ.html
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