What is Copyleaks Plagiarism and AI content checker tool in RefWorks?
Copyleaks is an online plagiarism and AI content detection tool that uses machine learning and natural language processing to compare submitted content with a large database of online sources.
This tool allows users to check if their manuscript contains plagiarized & AI generated content; it searches across a multitude of resources for each scan, including 16,000+ open-access journals, 1M+ internal documents and 20+ code data repositories.
Copyleaks is a first of its kind, patent-pending innovation tool that provides comprehensive analysis around why text has been identified as AI. Greater transparency, coupled with a deeper understanding of AI patterns and traces, empowers authenticity and originality.
How to access the Plagiarism and AI content checker tool:
You may access the Plagiarism and AI content checker feature in RefWorks via a dropdown menu under Tools:
Plagiarism & AI content checker Tools menu
Or via RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM) in Word or Google Docs
On the Plagiarism and AI page, you can upload documents for review and see results. Every user is granted 40 credits. One credit is equivalent to 250 words.
Plagiarism and AI content checker page in RefWorks
Once our pilot ends, you will still have access to your documents on the Plagiarism and AI content checker (Pilot) page.
Checked document on Plagiarism and AI content checker page in RefWorks
We are collecting feedback from users during this pilot. Your feedback will influence the decision whether we will extend this feature to users beyond the Pilot.
Institutional admins can enable or disable access to this feature for their users in Admin Settings Preferences.
FAQs
Q: What does this tool check for?
A: Copyleaks is an online plagiarism and AI content detection tool that uses machine learning and natural language processing to compare submitted content with a large database of online sources.
Q: Where does my document/data go?
A: Copyleaks stores your data on their secure servers, which are primarily based on Google Cloud Platform, meaning your data is stored in Google's data centers, with backups kept on separate Google Cloud data centers to ensure redundancy and safety in case of a catastrophe.
Q: Can Copyleaks access and read my documents?
A: Yes, Copyleaks does "read" your data in the sense that it needs to access and analyze the text you submit to check for plagiarism or AI-generated content; however, according to their privacy policy, they treat your data as confidential and do not share it with anyone unless required by law, meaning they primarily use your data to perform the plagiarism check and improve their service, not for any other purpose.
Q: Why can’t I upload my document?
A: You either used all your available credits (1 credit = 250 words), or our pilot ended. If neither is true, check with Tech Support: https://help.copyleaks.com/hc/en-us.
Q: I didn’t have a chance to upload and check my paper, when will this be back?
A: We are evaluating responses and overall interest in this feature and will inform our users soon.
Q: Why don’t I see this feature in my RefWorks account?
A: Your institutional admin disabled this feature.
Q: How much does it cost to use the Plagiarism and AI checker?
A: In RefWorks, this feature is provided by Clarivate, but with a limited number of credits.