Plagiarism is defined as the use of someone else’s ideas, texts, images, or data without clearly citing the source, thereby giving the impression that it is original work.
It can be intentional (deliberate copying) or unintentional (due to a lack of understanding of citation rules).
The following are considered forms of plagiarism:
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Word-for-word copying without quotation marks or a source, even for a short passage.
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Paraphrasing a text without citing the author.
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Self-plagiarism: reusing work previously submitted (in another course or context) without disclosure.
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Using images, graphics, or data without permission or attribution.
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Including AI-generated content presented as personal work without explicit acknowledgment.
However, not all similarities are automatically considered plagiarism. For example:
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A properly cited quotation is not plagiarism.
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Common expressions or general knowledge do not require a source.
Plagiarism is not determined solely by the percentage of suspicious text detected by the Compilatio software.
It is the context, intent, and adherence to citation rules that determine whether a document is truly plagiarized.
The interpretation of the result is left to the user's judgment.
Compilatio highlights potentially suspicious content, which often needs to be refined by ignoring sources that are properly cited.
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