Post on 07-Aug-2020
Which tool for detecting plagiarism?
Новые инструменты для выявления плагиата
Nick Rushby Ник РашбиEducation & Self Development «Образование и
саморазвитие»
Plagiarism checkers
The test articlesLanguage iThenticate Антиплагиат* Copyleaks
a. English 17% 2%
a. English 32% 37%
a. English 3% 1%
a. Russian 42% 18% 37%
a. Russian 15% 13% 7%
a. Russian 1% 13.% 0%
a. Russian 14% 4% 3%
a. Russian 16% 14% 12%
Copyleaks vs iThenticate
Copyleaks vs Антиплагиат
(n=5)
iThenticate vs Антиплагиат
(n=5)
Conclusions
• There is no universal solution!• Problematic papers need to be checked by hand• Copyleaks can help to identify plagiarism in
translated papers• The corpuses need to be larger and more
comprehensive• More research into the detection of networks of
plagiarised work• Plagiarism checkers are mainly helpful as a
deterrent!
Nick Rushby
nick.rushby@conation-technologies.co.ukORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2379-1402