HOW TO INCREASE A PAPER'S ORIGINALITY
In an academic culture, it is understood that knowledge always builds on other knowledge, and originality grows from an understanding of other ideas. For this reason, academic writing by default involves the use of other texts and ideas, which is not only permitted, but expected. In using other texts, it is important to acknowledge the origin of the ideas and their authors. Simply copying text or ideas without explicit acknowledgment is considered dishonest, although it may not always be intentional. The term Academic Integrity refers to honesty and transparency in academic writing- Turnitin. An Originality Report might show a high similarity index for a number of reasons. Depending on the reason, you may or may not be able to ‘fix’ the problem. Here are the major reasons why your paper might show a high similarity index and how to try and fix them: Quotations appearing as text matches even though you cited them - You may have inserted a direct quote and ci...