Abstract
Introduction. Anti-plagiarism evaluation is an integral component of the system of educational and scientific activities in particular and higher education in general. Modern areas for combating academic plagiarism include programmatic verification, optimizing the evaluation by implementing new algorithms, applying online and desktop software based on academic integrity strategies. This is why the process of technical verification of scientific papers requires significant time and physical resources. Aim. To optimize measures used to eliminate academic plagiarism based on the analysis of initial results and the experience of anti-plagiarism evaluation in terms of the implementation of academic integrity principles. Material and methods. The Code of Academic Ethics of Lviv National Medical University (LNMU) determines basic concepts and the task of academic integrity, regulates basic principles of organization and control. According to the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” and applicable orders, university standards and regulations, LNMU Scientific Department conducted an expert assessment and plagiarism evaluation of 5992 scientific and methodological papers submitted for 3 years. The evaluation of all scientific papers in terms of academic integrity is carried out considering the percentage of uniqueness and results of direct semantic analysis. The comparative pedagogical analysis of primary results was also conducted. Results. Unichek, Plagiarism Detector Pro, Viper, Antiplagiarism.NET, etc. and free Advego Plagiatus software is used at the university based on the shingle method for plagiarism detection. Links to software and services for initial verification of scientific papers for plagiarism are included in the LNMU methodological guidelines to provide technical support of scientific and educational work assessment. In 954 small and medium length scientific papers (15.92% of the total sample), violations of scientific communication were found: copying, signs of the conflict of interest. 778 (12.98%) of abstracts and articles were finally rejected (as a result of refusal to revise and negative results of the repeated evaluation. Conclusions. Primary results of anti-plagiarism evaluation cause concerns in terms of their academic integrity: higher incidence of self-plagiarism and replications of scientific research results in articles and abstracts of young scientists. It is crucial to comprehensively and fully review documents determining plagiarism prevention and establishing responsibility for academic plagiarism, specifying the procedure for considering appeals