Plagiarism-Detection Services: How Well Do They Actually Perform?

Fiedler, Rebecca; Kaner, Cem

doi:10.1109/mts.2010.939225

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“…2,24 It has been reported that the Turnitin™ program itself is conservative in the generation of the results. 25 …”

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Plagiarism in South African management journals

Thomas¹,

Bruin²

2015

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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Plagiarism by academics has been relatively unexplored thus far. However, there has been a growing awareness of this problem in recent years. We submitted 371 published academic articles appearing in 19 South African management journals in 2011 through the plagiarism detection software program Turnitin™. High and excessive levels of plagiarism were detected. The cost to government of subsidising unoriginal work in these journals was calculated to approximate ZAR7 million for the period under review. As academics are expected to role model ethical behaviour to students, such a finding is disturbing and has implications for the reputations of the institutions to which the authors are affiliated as well as that of the journals that publish articles that contain plagiarised material.

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“…2,24 It has been reported that the Turnitin™ program itself is conservative in the generation of the results. 25 …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Plagiarism in South African management journals

Thomas¹,

Bruin²

2015

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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“…In an attempt to address the growing problem of academic dishonesty of students, universities have embarked upon introducing policies of academic honesty and honour codes (Levy and Rakovski, 2006), integrating the teaching of ethics into the curriculum (Belter and Du Pré, 2009), introducing plagiarism-detection programmes (Fiedler and Kaner, 2010) and developing writing centres to enhance academic writing skills of students (Buranen, 2009;Elander et al, 2010, Nealy, 2011. Miller, Shoptaugh and Wooldridge (2011, p. 170) propose the advancement within universities of 'academic integrity responsibility' or the "ownership of integrity through attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that support the role of the entire academic community (individual students, cohorts, and faculty) in promoting a climate of integrity".…”

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confidence: 99%

Understanding of and attitudes to academic ethics among first‐year university students

Thomas

Zyl

2014

AJOBE

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This study aimed to explore the understanding of and attitudes towards academic ethics of first-year students at a South African University using a paper-based survey that yielded 3611 respondents. A degree of confusion and ambivalence regarding academic ethical issues exists. The relative wealth of respondents also appears to influence the understanding of and attitudes to academic ethics. Millennial students have a tendency to disregard ownership of knowledge. There is a need for instruction in academic ethics to instil an awareness of integrity in academic pursuit, coupled with an understanding of the world views of millennials.

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“…Whenever there was any doubt about similarity, the author of the manuscript in question was given the benefit of the doubt. The Turnitin™ program itself does not always detect similarity [54][55][56] , again underlining the conservative nature of the findings.…”

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Plagiarism in South African management journals: A follow-up study

Thomas¹

2019

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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Internationally, a rise in plagiarism by academics has been reported. The objective of the present study was to examine the extent of plagiarism in articles appearing in 19 South African management journals published in 2016 and to compare the findings to a study undertaken in 2015 using 2011 data from the same 19 journals. This study progresses the debate around academic ethics and academic integrity in the country – a topic, thus far, that has received little research attention. A total of 454 published articles were submitted through the similarity detection software Turnitin™. High and excessive similarity was identified and over 80% of submissions evidenced similarity in excess of 9%. University administrators, journal editors and publishers, and the South African Department of Higher Education and Training are alerted to this plagiarism that undermines the academic pursuit. This awareness is particularly important as faculty serve as role models to students. Measures should thus be taken to ensure that faculty provide sound role models as ethical researchers. Significance: Plagiarism is an ongoing and increasing problem and is particularly concerning when faculty themselves plagiarise, as it impacts institutional integrity and culture, and negatively influences role modelling for students. The present study highlights the increase in plagiarism in the field of management and alerts other fields of academia to this problem. University administrators and journal editors and publishers are reminded about the roles they can play to address plagiarism.

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Plagiarism-Detection Services: How Well Do They Actually Perform?

Cited by 15 publications

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Plagiarism in South African management journals

Plagiarism in South African management journals

Understanding of and attitudes to academic ethics among first‐year university students

Plagiarism in South African management journals: A follow-up study

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