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Q: What is the Level 1 plagiarism percentage of similarity?

  • Asked on May 26, 2020

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There are five levels of plagiarism as defined by the Publication Services and Products Board …

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Q: Does a plagiarism check service include rewriting the part that was evaluated to have high similarity?

  • Asked on May 7, 2020

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From the well-known services (and tools) that are available, we see that they are intended to…

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Q: Are there any websites to help avoid plagiarism while writing?

Detailed question-Which is the best website I can use to avoid plagiarism while writing?

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I believe what you mean is ‘tool,’ rather than ‘website.’ That is, which tool or platform you…

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Q: Can references lead to an increased percentage of plagiarism in the plagiarism report?

  • Asked on April 19, 2020

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Yes, references can lead to an increased percentage of plagiarism in the plagiarism report…

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Q: Is it plagiarism if I cite all sources but by mistake include a wrong reference?

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  • Asked on March 6, 2020

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Plagiarism involves deliberately or inadvertently referencing previously published work, whether…

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Q: How do I prevent a direct quote from being marked as plagiarized in a plagiarism checker?

Detailed question-Whenever I use a plagiarism checker (any of them), my direct quotation is still marked as plagiat [plagiarized], even though I use quotation marks (“ ”) and also write …
  • Asked on January 15, 2020

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Plagiarism checking tools are, by default, configured to identify direct quotes as plagiarized…

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Q: Would publishing an article from my thesis proposal affect the actual thesis, especially in terms of plagiarism?

Detailed question-Hi. I am an MPhil Applied Linguistics scholar. I defended my thesis proposal successfully and my proposal has been accepted. If I extract an article from the proposal…

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There are actually two aspects to your query, professional and ethical. Let me respond to them one by one.

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Q: Two of my review papers have similar Methods and Discussion sections. Is this self-plagiarism or salami slicing?

Detailed question-I wrote a review paper about a surgical form of upper limb before. Now, I am going to write another systematic review paper on a surgical form of lower limb. However,…
  • Asked on December 5, 2019

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As you have written, both are review papers around a similar surgical method and having a similar Discussion. Based on this, it could be a…

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Q: Is my action regarded as duplicate submission or self-plagiarism?

Detailed question-My manuscript about ultrasonic data, obtained at the institution to which I belong by using the new measuring method (Research A), was published. Then, I did another…
  • Asked by S N on November 18, 2019

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From your query, here is what we understand of the scenario:

You have planned to publish two manuscripts in the same…
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Q: Is it self-plagiarism to quote parts of my PhD thesis in an article?

Detailed question-Is it self-plagiarism to directly quote parts of the thesis when writing articles? Or is it sufficient to indicate that the article is based on the thesis as a footnote…

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If your thesis is published or is available online in any form, it is best to quote sparingly and to cite the source each time you quote. This is because the journal…

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