Similarity Check Service for DOI by Pubmedia Members

Similarity Check is a service provided by Crossref and powered by iThenticate (Turnitin), offering editors an easy-to-use tool for helping detect plagiarism. The service helps members prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism by providing direct feedback on how similar a manuscript is to other previously published academic and general web content.

Benefits for DOI by Pubmedia Members

As a DOI by Pubmedia sponsored member, you receive:

• Free access for your first 100 articles through Similarity Check.
• Read-only access to the full text of articles in the Similarity Check database for comparison purposes.
• Discounted checking fees.
• Unlimited user accounts per organization.

How It Works

• Turnitin indexes member content through the Content Intake System (CIS), which regularly retrieves metadata to find the full-text links members include in their metadata.
• When you apply for this service, Turnitin will verify whether it can access your existing content through the full-text URL in your Crossref metadata.
• Once verified, you gain access to the iThenticate tool, where you can submit manuscripts for comparison against a corpus of previously published academic and general web content.
• iThenticate generates a Similarity Report containing a similarity score and highlighted matching text, which editors can use to assess a manuscript's originality before publication.

Benefits of Using This Service

• Peace of mind for publishers and authors that their work is identified and protected.
• A way for editors to educate their authors and safeguard their publication's reputation.
• Clarity for readers about the originality of the work they are reading.

Important note: This service is only available to members who actively publish DOI-registered content and include full-text URLs in their metadata. To receive the 100 free articles, you must be registered as a DOI by Pubmedia sponsored member.