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How to Read Similarity Report? Indicator Meanings and Report Interpretation Guide
What do those numbers and charts on similarity reports mean? This guide explains indicator meanings for CNKI, VIP, Wanfang reports to help you correctly interpret reports.
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What do those numbers and charts on similarity reports mean? This guide explains indicator meanings for CNKI, VIP, Wanfang reports to help you correctly interpret reports.
- Detailed indicator meanings
- Report structure analysis
- Key content to focus on
- Total text copy ratio: overall proportion of thesis detected as repetition, most important indicator
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- Detailed indicator meanings
- Report structure analysis
- Key content to focus on
Main indicators on similarity reports
- Total text copy ratio: overall proportion of thesis detected as repetition, most important indicator
- Excluding self-published document copy ratio: repetition rate after excluding previously published documents
- Suspected plagiarism text proportion: proportion judged as suspected plagiarism content
- Repeated character count: actual repeated characters, usually viewed with copy ratio
- Maximum single document copy ratio: maximum repetition ratio with one source document
Meaning of report sections
- Full text comparison version: shows all repeated content with source document comparison, highlighted
- Full text marked citation version: marks correct citations in repeated content, highlighted but not counted
- Concise report: only shows indicators and repeated document list, no detailed comparison
- Full text detection report: contains all indicators and basic information summary
How to locate key issues
- First check if total text copy ratio meets threshold (usually <20%)
- Check "suspected plagiarism" section, this is content needing key revision
- Look at maximum single document copy ratio, if over 10% prioritize handling that source
- Review repeated content item by item, determine if direct quote unmarked or genuinely needs rewriting
Common issues on reports
- Green section: correctly recognized citations, not counted as repetition
- Yellow section: suspected quote but not properly marked, needs verification
- Red section: severely repeated content, must modify
- Table content: also participates in detection, need to note repetition in table text
- References: properly published literature citations usually excluded but format must be correct
School submission notes
- Schools usually require submitting "full text comparison version" report
- Confirm report thesis information (title, author) matches actual
- Check report generation time within validity period (usually 30 days)
- PDF version report needs to ensure normal opening and printing
Frequently asked questions
- Which is more important, excluding self-published or total copy ratio?
- Schools usually look at total copy ratio, but some schools only look at ratio after excluding self-published. Specific according to school requirements, if school has clear instructions follow school requirements.
- Do both red and yellow sections need to be modified?
- Red sections must be modified. Yellow sections, if correct citations, need citation marks added; if actually repeated, also need rewriting.
- How many times can a report be used?
- CNKI report can only be used once for initial check, subsequent revisions require new purchase. If school has self-built database, initial results are archived, and subsequent checks exclude self-published documents.