Do journal authors plagiarize? Using plagiarism detection software to uncover matching text across disciplines

• Published in: Journal of English for academic purposes Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 264 - 272
• Main Author: Sun, Yu-Chih
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2013
• Subjects: Academic Writing; Comparisons; Computer Generated Language Analysis; Computer Software; English; Matching text; Paraphrase; Paraphrasing; Plagiarism; Plagiarism detection software; Scholarly publishing; Self-plagiarism; Subject fields; Text Analysis; Turnitin; Paraphrasing; Matching text; Plagiarism detection software; Plagiarism; Turnitin; Self-plagiarism

The current study aims to explore the extent of matching text in published journal articles and how the number of authors and their various official languages influence the extent to which matching text appears. Six hundred journal articles in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)...