Existing plagiarism detection techniques

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the state-of-the-art techniques used to detect plagiarism in terms of their limitations, features, taxonomies and processes. Design/methodology/approach – The method used to execute this study consisted of a comprehensive search for relevant literatu...

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Published inOnline information review Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 383 - 400
Main Authors Eisa, Taiseer Abdalla Elfadil, Salim, Naomie, Alzahrani, Salha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Emerald Group Publishing Limited 08.06.2015
Subjects
Information behaviour & retrieval
Library & information science
Techniques
Plagiarism
Detection
Processes
Taxonomy
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Summary:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the state-of-the-art techniques used to detect plagiarism in terms of their limitations, features, taxonomies and processes. Design/methodology/approach – The method used to execute this study consisted of a comprehensive search for relevant literature via six online database repositories namely; IEEE xplore, ACM Digital Library, ScienceDirect, EI Compendex, Web of Science and Springer using search strings obtained from the subject of discussion. Findings – The findings revealed that existing plagiarism detection techniques require further enhancements as existing techniques are incapable of efficiently detecting plagiarised ideas, figures, tables, formulas and scanned documents. Originality/value – The contribution of this study lies in its ability to have exposed the current trends in plagiarism detection researches and identify areas where further improvements are required so as to complement the performances of existing techniques.
ISSN:1468-4527
1468-4535
DOI:10.1108/OIR-12-2014-0315