Ithenticate at Caltech: Further Information

Services

• Upload of popular document formats
• Similarity check of text against large database of documents (published and unpublished)
• Similarity index provides overall percentage of similarity with known sources
• Similarity report provides view of individual sources with similar text
• Filtering features allow removal of sources by word count, percent of similarity, source URL
• Analysis filters limit similarity checking by section of document, word count, percent of similarity

Characteristics

• Allows for collaboration
• Compares manuscripts against its database of over 60 billion web pages and 155 million content items, including 49 million works from 800 scholarly publisher participants
• Does not store a copy in a database

• Butler, Declan. “Journals Step up Plagiarism Policing.” Nature 466, no. 7303 (July 8, 2010): 167–167. https://doi.org/10.1038/466167a.
• Carney, P. Scott, and Samuel T. Thurman. “Self-Plagiarism and Conference Papers: Editorial.” Journal of the Optical Society of America A 35, no. 10 (October 1, 2018): ED4. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.35.000ED4.
• Crossref. “CrossCheck Plagiarism Screening.” Business, 23:03:56 UTC. https://www.slideshare.net/CrossRef/crosscheck-plagiarism-screening.
• “Crossref Similarity Check Powered by IThenticate.” Accessed December 10, 2017. https://www.ithenticate.com/products/crossref-similarity-check.
• “FAQs | Plagiarism Software.” Accessed December 10, 2017. https://www.ithenticate.com/products/faqs.
• Horbach, S. P. J. M. (Serge), and W. (Willem) Halffman. “The Extent and Causes of Academic Text Recycling or ‘Self-Plagiarism.’” Research Policy, Academic Misconduct, Misrepresentation, and Gaming, 48, no. 2 (March 1, 2019): 492–502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2017.09.004.
• “IBWC Treaties.” Accessed August 26, 2019. https://www.ibwc.gov/Treaties_Minutes/treaties.html.
• “IThenticate Study ID’s 10 Plagiarism Formats Worthy of Attention.” ASBPE, October 15, 2013. https://www.asbpe.org/blog/2013/10/15/ithenticate-study-ids-10-plagiarism-formats-worthy-of-attention/.
• “IThenticate User Guide.” Guides.turnitin.com, May 4, 2016. https://guides.turnitin.com/iThenticate/iThenticate_User_Guide.
• Lee, Jang Hyun. “Analysis of CrossCheck Data on Two Years’ Worth of Papers Submitted to Archives of Plastic Surgery.” Archives of Plastic Surgery 41, no. 5 (September 2014): 449–51. https://doi.org/10.5999/aps.2014.41.5.449.
• Lee, Won. “CrossCheck Data of Manuscripts Submitted to Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.” Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 41, no. 3 (2015): 117. https://doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2015.41.3.117.
• Meddings, Kirsty. “Credit Where Credit’s Due: Plagiarism Screening in Scholarly Publishing.” Learned Publishing 23, no. 1 (2010): 5–8. https://doi.org/10.1087/20100102.
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• “RCR Tip: Plagiarism and IThenticate | Office of Research & Engagement.” Accessed December 10, 2017. https://research.utk.edu/rcr-tip-plagiarism-and-ithenticate/.
• United States., United States, Spencer Fullerton Baird, T. A. Conrad, William H. Emory, George Englemann, Charles Girard, et al. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey :Made under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior /. Washington : C. Wendell, printer, 1857. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/213.
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• “Update on Similarity Check Usage and Developments.” European Science Editing, 2016. https://doi.org/10.20316/ESE.2016.42.025.
• Zhang, Yue-hong Helen, Xiao-yan Jia, Han-feng Lin, and Xu-fei Tan. “Be Careful! Avoiding Duplication: A Case Study.” Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B 14, no. 4 (2013): 355–58. https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.B1300078.
• Zhang, Yuehong, and Xiaoyan Jia. “A Survey on the Use of CrossCheck for Detecting Plagiarism in Journal Articles.” Learned Publishing 25, no. 4 (October 1, 2012): 292–307. https://doi.org/10.1087/20120408.