{{Short description|Plagiarism detection service}} {{refimprove|date=April 2010}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox website | name = iThenticate | logo = | company_type = | location = | country = | founded = | area_served = | industry = | url = {{URL|ithenticate.com}} | website_type = Online SaaS editor | commercial = Yes | content_licence = Proprietary | parent = | registration = Yes | users = }} '''iThenticate''' is a plagiarism detection service for the corporate market, from Turnitin, LLC, which also runs Plagiarism.org.
==History== The service was launched in 2004 and is headquartered in Oakland, California. It is marketed to "publishers, news agencies, corporations, law firms, and government agencies".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/about/news/archive.htm?id=31|title=Emerald partners with anti-plagiarism database in publishing industry first!|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing|access-date=2010-11-15}}</ref> As of 2007, its clients included the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Bank.<ref>{{cite web|title=Looking Over Turnitin's Shoulder |url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2007/tc20070313_733103_page_2.htm |publisher=BusinessWeek |date=2007-03-13 |access-date=2010-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311035307/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2007/tc20070313_733103_page_2.htm |archive-date=2011-03-11 }}</ref>
While iThenticate is best known as a plagiarism detection service, collaborative efforts with the user base have created a number of new use cases. The most prominent aside from plagiarism detection include intellectual property protection and document-versus-document(s) analysis. iThenticate also allows for integration with content management systems (CMSs) and manuscript tracking systems (MTSs).{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}
CrossCheck Powered by iThenticate is a re-branded version of the iThenticate service developed in partnership with CrossRef, a community of notable scientific, technical, and medical publishers. CrossCheck received the Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers Award for Publishing Innovation in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=ALPSP Awards 2008 - Winners|url=http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=19852|access-date=2011-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921162951/http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=19852|archive-date=2011-09-21}}</ref>
Following a 2004 high-profile case in the'' Hartford Courant'', the newspaper subscribed to iThenticate.<ref name=aj>{{cite web|title=Plagiarism Detection Tools|url=http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=3671|year=2004|publisher=American Journalism Review|access-date=2010-11-15|archive-date=2010-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028163416/http://ajr.org/article.asp?id=3671}}</ref> The company then extended invitations to other newspapers, but stated that it would maintain the confidentiality of these subscribers.<ref name=aj/>
The company made headlines on July 2, 2006, when the ''New York Post'' reported that iThenticate software had found several passages of plagiarism in Ann Coulter's book, ''Godless''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Philip |last=Recchia |date=July 2, 2006 |title=Copycatty Coulter Pilfers Prose: Pro |url=http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/copycatty_coulter_pilfers_prose__pro_nationalnews_philip_recchia.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705122230/http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/copycatty_coulter_pilfers_prose__pro_nationalnews_philip_recchia.htm |archive-date=July 5, 2006 |work=New York Post}}</ref> Both Coulter's syndicator and her publisher rejected these claims, describing them as irresponsible and stating that minimal text matching of common subjects does not equal plagiarism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ann Coulter's Syndicate Absolves Pundit of Plagiarism Charge |work=Book Standard |date=July 10, 2006 |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-miscellaneous/4404288-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716072032/http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-miscellaneous/4404288-1.html |archive-date=July 16, 2010 }}</ref>
A 2023 study compared the performance of four plagiarism detection services on ChatGPT-generated articles. iThenticate performed better than Small SEO Tools, but not as well as Grammarly.<ref name="j102">{{cite journal |last=Anil |first=Abhishek |last2=Saravanan |first2=Aswini |last3=Singh |first3=Surjit |date=2023 |title=Are paid tools worth the cost? A prospective cross-over study to find the right tool for plagiarism detection |url=https://www.cell.com/article/S2405844023064022/pdf |journal=Heliyon |volume=9 |issue=9 |article-number=e19194 |doi=10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19194 |pmc=10558310 |pmid=37809482 |access-date=2025-05-22 |doi-access=free |last17=Khatib |first17=Mahalaqua Nazli |last18=Barboza |first18=Joshuan J. |last19=Sah |first19=Ranjit}}</ref>
==See also== * Turnitin
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.ithenticate.com}}
{{lowercase title}} Category:Plagiarism detectors Category:Internet properties established in 2004