Efficacy of Plagiarism Detection Software for Quality Assurance of a Research Journal

IAMURE: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Pub Date : 2012-10-03 DOI:10.7718/IAMURE.V1I1.40

Genaro Japos, B. Gutierrez, J. B. P. Tubongbanua

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Plagiarism in research undermines credibility of journal publications. Plagiarism detection addresses this problem. The study validated the efficacy of the plagiarism detector software for quality assurance of a journal publication. Using descriptive method, the study examined 66 plagiarism detector reports and compared the extent of originality and plagiarism of the research article before and after adoption of the plagiarism detector accumulator technology. Results revealthat the journal had a high level of originality (91.31%) and low level of plagiarism (8.34%). Only 23.72 percentof the 550 detected cases were validated as true plagiarism, giving the software an efficacy rate of 24 percent. The sources of plagiarism included the web links, wikipedia, news, social networking sites, and blogs, among others. The use of these sources indicated the citation of grey literature and non-authoritative sources. Failure to properly document sources was the main cause of plagiarism. The software, however, cannot penetrate the secured databases of subscription journals-thus; plagiarism from these sources evades detection. Plagiarism detection software is effective in intercepting plagiarized sources which elude the scrutiny of the editorial board prior to final publication. The editorial board’s strong quality assurance mechanism and the intervention scheme reduced the incidents of plagiarism in 2009. Keywords - plagiarism, plagiarism detection software, journal publication, originality

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研究中的剽窃损害了期刊出版物的可信度。抄袭检测解决了这个问题。本研究验证了剽窃检测软件对期刊出版质量保证的有效性。本研究采用描述性方法，对66篇抄袭检测报告进行了检验，比较了采用抄袭检测累加器技术前后研究文章的原创性和抄袭程度。结果表明，该期刊原创性水平高(91.31%)，抄袭水平低(8.34%)。在550个检测到的案例中，只有23.72%被证实是真正的抄袭，这使得该软件的效率为24%。抄袭的来源包括网站链接、维基百科、新闻、社交网站、博客等。这些来源的使用表明引用灰色文献和非权威来源。没有正确地记录来源是抄袭的主要原因。然而，该软件无法进入订阅期刊的安全数据库，因此;这些来源的抄袭逃过了检测。抄袭检测软件是有效的拦截抄袭的来源，逃避审查编辑委员会在最终出版之前。编辑委员会强有力的质量保证机制和干预方案减少了2009年的抄袭事件。关键词:抄袭，抄袭检测软件，期刊出版，原创性

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