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

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 264-272

  Sun, Yu Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Matching text; Paraphrasing; Plagiarism; Plagiarism detection software; Self plagiarism; Turnitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884257220     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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