Plagiarism Detection

We are a member of CrossCheck by iThenticate. iThenticate is a plagiarism screening service that verifies the originality of content submitted before publication. The iThenticate software checks submissions against millions of published research papers, documents on the web, and other relevant sources. Authors can also use the iThenticate system to screen their work before submission by visiting http://research.ithenticate.com

Each manuscript newly submitted to the Copernicus Office Editor (manuscript review system) will be checked. Thereby, iThenticate provides us with a Similarity Report listing (a) the percentage of similarity resulting from counted words, and (b) the mark-up of the various sections, expressions, or terms which were found in other documents. We check the Similarity Report and, if applicable, the report will be uploaded into the Copernicus Office Editor to be shown to the handling editor of the respective manuscript. The decision whether a manuscript should be rejected because of fraud or should proceed to the peer-review process belongs to the handling editor. The Similarity Report is also made available to referees.