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iThenticate - Plagiarism Detection

What is iThenticate?

iThenticate is a plagiarism-detection software that is designed to evaluate the originality of an author's work. iThenticate compares documents like journal article manuscripts, research reports, thesis, dissertations, and grant funding proposals against millions of published works, subscription databases, and the Internet.

Who has Access? 

iThenticate is available to Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM) Faculty and Researchers. 

FSM users who already have an account can log in to iThenticate via the link below. Once you are logged in, you can begin uploading and submitting files to the tool. After uploading your document, iThenticate will compare your work against published research articles, databases, and across the open web. A similarity report will be generated that will highlight all text that matches other sources. Please note that AI detection is not available within our existing product subscription.

It is not appropriate to use iThenticate to check student coursework. Instead, faculty are encouraged to use Turn-it-in via Canvas.

How do I access iThenticate?

You can log into iThenticate using this link: iThenticate

iThenticate Training & Help

iThenticate has a comprehensive list of training materials, webcasts, and short videos to help you.

iThenticate Overview

iThenticate Characteristics

  • Can accept documents up to 400 pages or no more than 40MB 
  • Allows for collaboration
  • Compares manuscripts against its database of over 60 billion web pages and 155 million content items, including 49 million works from 800 scholarly publisher participants
  • Does not store a copy in a database, though you have the option to opt-in to the NU-only repository.