Excluding text from the Similarity Report

Exclude text directly from the paper text by selecting the highlighted text and then the Exclude text option that appears by the start of the passage.

This will open a menu that will allow you to select the reason for this text exclusion.

The options available are:

• Instructions or template material - Has the similarity check picked up a template used by your organization? Use this option to exclude this text. This will help Crossref Similarity Check identify these sorts of matches in the future.
• Cited or quoted material - Has the author attempted to use quotes but the content has been picked by the similarity check? Perhaps they have used incorrect quotation marks? Use this option to exclude any content you feel should have been excluded due to citations or quotes.
• Valid collaboration - If the similarity check has picked up valid collaboration between researchers, use this option to exclude this text.
• Common wording - Depending on the size of matches the Similarity Report has been set to ignore, the report could pick up short strings of words that are commonly used. Exclude this text using this option.
• Other - If you would like to exclude text for a reason other than the available options, select ‘Other’ to open a text box. Here you will be able to enter your reason for the text exclusion. This information will help Turnitin improve our similarity matching in the future.
• Exclude without reason

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