• “One of the key components of the internal quality assurance system in higher education institutions is the university’s academic integrity system, which defines the standards accepted by the global community for the conduct of educational and research activities by students and university staff and creates an environment of zero tolerance for violations of academic integrity and the ethics of academic relations”.
• Checking academic texts for matches/identity/similarity is conducted at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in accordance with Regulations on the Academic Plagiarism Prevention System at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

In accordance with Regulations on the Academic Plagiarism Prevention System at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute mandatory screening for the presence of matches/identity/similarity are subject to:

• Course projects/papers by college students;
• theses for a bachelor’s or master’s degree;
• dissertations for the degree of “Doctor of Philosophy/Doctor of Arts” (Candidate of Sciences) or “Doctor of Science”;
• manuscripts of monographs and textbooks recommended for publication by the University’s Academic Council;
• manuscripts of textbooks that contain original content and have been recommended for publication by the University’s Academic Council;
• manuscripts of articles and abstracts of papers submitted to the editorial boards of academic journals or the organizing committees of conferences, seminars, etc..

Тtechnical inspection for the presence of matches/identity/similarity Academic texts at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute are prepared by:

• departmental representatives responsible for checking for plagiarism in course projects/papers by higher education students and in theses by students pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree
• the person responsible within the Academic Secretary’s Office for checking dissertations for plagiarism for the degrees of “Doctor of Philosophy/Doctor of Arts” (Candidate of Sciences) or “Doctor of Sciences”
• the person responsible at the KPI Library for checking manuscripts of monographs, textbooks, study guides, etc., submitted for University approval, for plagiarism
• the persons responsible at the editorial offices of the scientific journals of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute for checking manuscripts of scientific articles for plagiarism
• officials from the organizing committees of conferences, seminars, and similar events who are responsible for checking manuscripts submitted for publication in proceedings (abstracts) for plagiarism.

It is important to remember that any anti-plagiarism system is merely a tool to assist the expert. The report generated by the system does not in any way confirm the presence or absence of plagiarism in the work. 

“Textual matches identified by the anti-plagiarism system may be either academic plagiarism or proper citations, common knowledge, references to literary sources, and so on. It should be noted that computer programs do not detect improper borrowing from non-digitized sources. Moreover, they do not detect translations of foreign-language texts without proper citations or other forms of academic plagiarism. Furthermore, the extent of textual matches detected by any computer program depends not only on the presence or absence of such matches but also on the content of the database used for comparison, the software’s algorithms and settings, and other circumstances. It should also be noted that the criteria specified in the recommendations cannot be applied to certain types of texts, such as well-known formulations of mathematical theorems and their proofs, descriptions of standard methods, excerpts from literary works, legislative documents, etc..”

Systems detection of matches/identity/similarity do not find any matches in texts written in different languages.

They cannot determine whether a particular text was written by someone else on commission. Additionally, the programs do not detect matches with: carefully paraphrased texts; or texts that have not been published online or have been removed from websites.

“The determination of whether academic plagiarism is present or absent should be made by qualified experts who are knowledgeable both in the technical aspects of detecting academic plagiarism and in the current state of the relevant field of research, taking into account both the results of computer programs and other data”.

The Commission on Ethics and Academic Integrity of the Academic Council of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is a standing advisory body of the Academic Council of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

There are various ways to check whether a text is original; for example, you can search for small sections of the text using Google. This method allows you to verify the document for the presence of matches/identity/similarity without installing any third-party software. To do this, simply copy a portion of the text, paste it into the search bar, and press “Enter.” The results will include matches if they contain the exact same text. This method isn’t very convenient, as it doesn’t allow you to check the entire text and is only suitable for finding text that has been copied exactly.

The most convenient way to check text content for the presence of matches/identity/similarity – use specialized software and online services. These are available both for a fee and for free. There are quite a few of them, and their features vary. 

A page has been created on the university’s website Academic Integrity, where a list of legal and regulatory documents, as well as links to useful resources, has been compiled. 

Proper citation in academic texts is a matter of adhering to the standards of academic integrity.

In-text citations, as well as the list of sources used and the bibliography, are formatted in accordance with Ukrainian national standards – DSTU 8302:2015 or DSTU GOST 7.1:2006.

There are also a large number of (понад 6000) international citation styles. When choosing a specific style, it is important to consider the field of study. 

If your field is in the humanities, you can choose from APA style, Harvard style, MLA style, OSCOLA style, and others. If your field is in engineering or technology, you should consider styles such as IEEE style, Vancouver style, ACS style, AIP style, and others.

Any citation style requires you to include in-text citations whenever you reference a source, whether it’s a paraphrase, a direct quote, or a block quote.

The main rule to follow when formatting citations and reference lists in an academic paper is – all citations appearing in the text of the paper must be listed in the bibliography, and every entry in the bibliography must be referenced in the text of the paper.