The techniques for detecting plagiarism are becoming increasingly advanced, but should it applies to all parts before publication for scientific manuscripts, theses, and books, including the introduction, materials and methods, references list? I think it should be applied only to the results, the abstracts, and the conclusions parts that officially belongs to the researchers themselves
As a result of the researchers fear of exceeding the permissible percentage in plagiarism, they are forced to change the sentences they cite and use synonyms which, over time, will produce results contrary to the original research
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Plagiarism detection is not perfect in all field because it detects only similarity.
It should be applied to everything. If the authors have taken anything from elsewhere let them quote the reference. Then there would be no problem. Unnecessary citations of own publications also comes under plagiarism.
Interestingly I never checked any of my publications for plagiarism. I am confident that I have not plagiarized. Neither any of my submissions were rejected in this ground
Dear Clara Azzam , there were many related research questions with many contributions, examples, resources, tips about plagiarism detection tools and its application. We do have a project with many examples of plagiarism.
https://www.researchgate.net/project/ETHICAL-AND-QUESTIONABLE-PRACTICES-IN-RESEARCH-AND-PUBLISHING
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_face_and_fight_Plagiarism
https://www.researchgate.net/post/In-what-context-a-paper-is-called-plagiarized-and-what-percentage-maximum-of-plagiarism-is-generally-allowed-in-a-review-paper
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_it_necessary_to_use_the_plagiarism_software_while_preparing_research_article
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_detect_and_avoid_plagiarism_in_answers_on_this_platform
I think the reviews should be based on the originality of the results of the results according to the type of method because a researcher may achieve different results with the same method than another researcher and the originality of the subject is very important.
It is not the question of rejection or not rejection but if you write even common formula then it will show plagiarized
Prevent students cheating by means of word spinners and electronic cheating devices.
These trends are being seen worldwide and have been increasing in usage as many institutions transition to remote learning environments. In this post, we dive into the world of online test banks and highlight the ways in which they can negatively impact the academic integrity of student work, as well as ways to mitigate their effect on student learning...
https://www.turnitin.com/blog/what-are-online-test-banks-and-what-do-they-have-to-do-with-academic-integrity
To improve the quality of research and publications the contribution to the state of the art in a scientific field, it should be applied. However, today we're facing short cummings due to the comparision of the semantic of a text. Also translating into different languages may be a problem for a few years. But, the last problem may be solved by the application of NLP and AI. (see DEEPL.com)
If it is applied before publication, theses tools can also help to improve the work. By finding original authors and thier work and may give a deeper insight into a topic. The power of a plagiarism tools than depends only on the access to the published work of other (like Research Gate).
In April 2021, a series of strange phrases in journal articles piqued the interest of a group of computer scientists. The researchers could not understand why researchers would use the terms ‘counterfeit consciousness’, ‘profound neural organization’ and ‘colossal information’ in place of the more widely recognized terms ‘artificial intelligence’, ‘deep neural network’ and ‘big data’.
Further investigation revealed that these strange terms — which they dub “tortured phrases” — are probably the result of automated translation or software that attempts to disguise plagiarism. And they seem to be rife in computer-science papers...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02134-0
The frequency of plagiarism identified by text-matching software in scientific articles: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to determine the frequency of plagiarism in scientific papers estimated from publications that use text-matching software to identify plagiarism...
All articles assessed plagiarism in a two-step process, first identifying textual similarity based on text-matching software and second, additionally inspecting detected similarity in the human verification process...
Following factors were tested: the number of plagiarism criteria implemented during the human verification process, sample size, the country where the study was conducted, the scientific discipline of analyzed papers, and publication status of analyzed papers...
In conclusion, text-matching software is effective in providing evidence for plagiarism; however, this includes only textually based cases of plagiarism, and the reliability of software results depends on additional human verification...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11192-021-04140-5
At times, the problem lies not on the plagiarism software applied more than the people who use them. In many occasions, they are used bluntly. In some universities, those who work in scientific research deanships are most ignorant as to the "logical" way the software is used resulting into unreasonable results!
Turnitin, by buying account or sent the article to a colleague to check it.
Men Axel Berres va Ahmad T. Husayn fikrlarini qo'llab quvvatlayman va qo'shilaman. Olim har qanday maqolasini chop etishi uchun U Maqolani qayta-qayta ko'rib chiqishi va "PISHIRISHI" kerak.
Image plagiarism: "a detection method which copes with both text and structure change."
Plagiarism detection of figure images in scientific publications
Detection of figure plagiarism is a particularly challenging field of research, because not only the text analytics but also graphic features need to be analysed. This paper investigates the issues of idea and figure plagiarism and proposes a detection method which copes with both text and structure change. The procedure depends on finding similar semantic meanings between figures by applying image processing and semantic mapping techniques. The figures were compared using the representation of shape features based on detailed comparisons between the components of figures. This is an improvement over existing methods, which only compare the numbers and types of shapes inside figures...
Article Plagiarism detection of figure images in scientific publications
Plagiarism software is not successful software. It never detect plagiarism. Only it checked similarity .
Prof. Clara Azzam: In my opinion, most of the free-software-checkers for plagiarism don't work effectively. Since there is no guarantee that the original content of your manuscript might not be copied and sold to others before it is published by you, I discourage using any free-software-checkers for plagiarism; some of them are betrayers.
- WARNING 1: There are a massive number of betrayers!
- WARNING 2: Plagiarism is a sin! If it is, severe action may be taken and/or legal notice may be given.
Unfortunately, you have to pay for the sake of getting good results. In any way, it is not well for your reputation if there were accusations of plagiarism.
In my personal opinion, free anti-plagiarism software is not safe.
On the other side, my university, WISE, uses the TURNITIN plagiarism checker. The maximum allowed percentage of plagiarism should be commonly less than 20%. However, from the same reference, it should not exceed 5%.
To delete the previous version of your paper that is stored in the repository of the TURNITIN checker, you must contact their support and provide them with the submission ID of your research manuscript. To do that, select the relevant assignment from the submission inbox, then click the trash can icon alongside the paper submission you would like to delete. In the end, a warning box will ask you to confirm the deletion. in this case, you have to select OK to confirm that.
If you don't have this ID, you have to first ask them for restoration of the deleted manuscript. This process may need extra two to three weeks.
Finally, we must completely recognize that plagiarism is never allowed and it is almost impossible to have 0% similarity.
Dear Prof. Clara Azzam & all the honorable researchers,
Plagiarism is a common problem facing almost all professors. This respected portal (i.e. RG) defines plagiarism as:
The term “plagiarism” has different meanings, but it usually includes copying somebody else’s work without permission.
On the other side, self-plagiarism is when the author republishes portions of his/her own previously written research work while authoring a new work.
I may be somewhat old-fashioned, but please have a look at the following golden principles on how to avoid plagiarism in academic writing, especially Self-Plagiarism:
Now, I think that the above-mentioned rules are helping in setting boundaries to avoid plagiarism in general, and self-plagiarism in special.
Finally, believe me, or not: If you make one plagiarizing, you may solve one problem and fall into many others where some of which may be described as a knockout. Again and again, please always remember that if there were accusations of plagiarism, it is not well for any researcher's reputation, in any meaning.
Dear respected colleagues,
Related to this valuable discussion thread of Prof. Clara Azzam, please let me point to another critical issue related to plagiarism software-detectors.
My friend was accused of plagiarism. Why?
After about five months, his promotion process to associate professor was rejected because of plagiarism. When he checked the promotion report, he found that one of his papers was accused of plagiarism and with a 100% percentage. The reason is that his manuscript was checked by his co-author using one of these checkers. It took him several months time of following up to solve the problem and removing the manuscript from their database. After that long period, he re-applies the promotion order for the second time.
Therefore, plagiarism software may retain a copy of the manuscript in its database. To state the truth, this is depending upon the settings and type of account subscription.
So, you may face a similar situation when you submit your manuscript after plagiarism checking to a journal. It may be rejected instantly because it would show up 100% similarity index.
To solve the problem, it may take several months time of following up and removing the manuscript from their database.
If there were accusations of plagiarism, it is not well for your reputation, in any meaning.
Dear Clara Azzam , any research paper, even student papers, master's theses and doctorates...should be subject to verification. Without exception!
For the quality of any publication and the reputation of a student or a scientist, plagiarism is a no-go. To check a publication before publishing should be a necessary step. A good practice should be the recommendation, that the work was checked by a plagiarism checker. For verification, a professor or publisher should be able to recreate the results of the used checker.
But this approach is limited. A checker can only consider the known and accessible publication.
A Times investigation of books by Dr. David Agus found more than 120 passages that are virtually identical to the language and structure of previously published material from other sources...
With just days to go before the publication of his already-bestselling title, “The Book of Animal Secrets,” Dr. David Agus said he was surprised to learn that at least 95 passages appeared to be copied from other uncredited sources, sometimes word for word...
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2023-03-17/usc-david-agus-books-plagiarism
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