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CrossRef and several of its participating member publishers, along with the software firm iParadigms (Turnitin.com), have developed a plagiarism detection service for the publishing industry called CrossCheck. This service will allow publishers to check submitted manuscripts for originality at submission or prior to editorial review or publication.
What Is CrossCheck?
Essentially, the CrossCheck tool conducts high-speed comparisons of submitted manuscripts against a very large database of published technical papers (as well as over 6.2 billion web pages), with the result that reports will rate all submissions for similarities to previously published works. The publisher can then follow up to isolate and review the high-scoring papers as necessary.
CrossCheck’s significant advantage over all other similar services is that it includes the indexed, full-text content of participating CrossRef members. Plagiarism detection systems are only as effective as the amount and quality of the source content within them. All currently existing plagiarism detection tools are unable to index most scholarly content because those databases are closed to crawlers on the open web, whereas CrossCheck (as a service for member publishers of CrossRef) contains not only iParadigms’ already sizeable content resources but also its members’ invaluable published material. Until now, this content was unavailable because access to it is controlled through subscriptions.
IEEE CrossCheck User's Guide
IEEE CrossCheck User's Guide will provide step-by-step instructions for using the CrossCheck detection service. It also will help users to review and interpret CrossCheck similarity reports, and explain what actions to take
IEEE CrossCheck User's Guide (PDF, 1.3 MB)
IEEE CrossCheck User's Guide - for use with ScholarOne Manuscripts (PDF, 1.14 MB)
