Think Like a Cheater or How to Increase the Uniqueness of the Text

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to investigate and theoretically justify ways to increase the percentage of the scientific paper uniqueness, defining the basic procedure of text modification based on studying the principles sites work designed to increase the originality of the research material artificially. Research methodology. The authors have applied general scientific research methods as empirical, analysis, logic, comparison, experiment, and visualisation methods to achieve the purpose. Scientific novelty. The article first describes the working principle of the following sites ‘The First Ukrainian Service to Increase Uniqueness and Reduce Plagiarism’, ‘Pidvyschyty-antiplagiat.rf’, ‘Anti-antiplagiat.rf’, ‘Anti-plagiat killer’, the work’s mechanism of which is to increase artificially the originality of the text. Conclusions. The study has established that eye-catching site titles that promise to increase the percentage of the work uniqueness are not a guarantee that such cheat will not be noticed during verification. Identifying methods for modifying the text of the scientific paper is one of a specialist’s tasks who checks academic papers. Therefore, there is an increasing need to deepen knowledge in the field of computer technology every time, to develop the ability to think logically, to improve the level of qualifications, getting acquainted with the experience of colleagues. The presence of anti-plagiarism systems, the software of which is constantly updated, simplifies the search for matches, saves time and human resources aimed at analysing the submitted file and identifying signs of academic integrity violation.