Plagiarism Check

Journals and universities run similarity checks on almost every submission. A high score does not necessarily mean plagiarism. Common causes are a quotation missing its citation, a methods section reused from your own earlier paper, or a literature review paraphrased too closely from its sources. But a high score can still lead to rejection or an integrity query. Our Plagiarism Check lets you see what the journal will see, before you submit.

Your document is compared against a large database of published journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, books and web content. You receive a similarity report showing:

• The overall similarity percentage.
• Each matched passage, highlighted in your text.
• The source of each match, with the percentage it contributes.

Most importantly, we help you read the report. A number alone says little. Matches in correctly cited quotations, standard method descriptions and the reference list are expected; matches in your own analysis or discussion need attention. Where passages are flagged, we indicate whether the fix is a missing citation, quotation marks, or rewriting in your own words.

Self-plagiarism is a frequent surprise. Reusing text from your own published papers, thesis or conference abstracts without citing them can be flagged just as strongly as someone else's work. The report shows these matches so you can cite or rephrase them.

We recommend running the check as the last step, after editing: language editing changes wording, so a check on the final text gives the result that matters. Your document and report are kept confidential and are not added to any public repository.