Measurement of Similarity in Academic Contexts

Omid Mahian (1) , Marius Treutwein , Patrice Estellé (2) , Somchai Wongwises , Dongsheng Wen , Giulio Lorenzini (3) , Ahmet Selim Dalkilic , Wei-Mon Yan (4) , Ahmet Sahin

1 FUM - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
2 LGCGM - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Génie Mécanique
3 UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma
4 Department of Mechatronic Engineering

We propose some reflections, comments and suggestions about the measurement of similar and matched content in scientific papers and documents, and the need to develop appropriate tools and standards for an ethically fair and equitable treatment of authors.

Keywords: similarity; plagiarism; standards; plagiarism; standards

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Library and information sciences

Omid Mahian, Marius Treutwein, Patrice Estellé, Somchai Wongwises, Dongsheng Wen, et al.. Measurement of Similarity in Academic Contexts. Publications, 2017, 5 (18), pp.1-3. ⟨10.3390/publications5030018⟩. ⟨hal-01545569⟩