Automatic Source Code Plagiarism Detection

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Plagiarism detection across programming languages

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Plagiarism by Student Programmers

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Source-code Similarity Detection and Detection Tools Used in Academia: A Systematic Review

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A systematic literature review on source code similarity measurement and clone detection: Techniques, applications, and challenges

Nasrabadi, M. Z., Parsa, S. A., Ramezani, M., Roy, C. K., & Ekhtiarzadeh, M. (2023) · Journal of Systems and Software · doi:10.1016/j.jss.2023.111796 · Cited by 77 · see citing works

Overview and Comparison of Plagiarism Detection Tools

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Plagiarism Detection Methods and Tools: An Overview

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Detecting source code plagiarism on introductory programming course assignments using a bytecode approach

Karnalim, O. (2016) · 2016 International Conference on Information & Communication Technology and Systems (ICTS) · doi:10.1109/icts.2016.7910274 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

A Fuzzy-based approach to programming language independent source-code plagiarism detection

Acampora, G., & Cosma, G. (2015) · IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) · doi:10.1109/fuzz-ieee.2015.7337935 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Similarity Detection Techniques for Academic Source Code Plagiarism and Collusion: A Review

Karnalim, O., Simon, & Chivers, W. (2019) · IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering · doi:10.1109/tale48000.2019.9225953 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

ES‐Plag: Efficient and sensitive source code plagiarism detection tool for academic environment

Sulistiani, L., & Karnalim, O. (2018) · Computer Applications in Engineering Education · doi:10.1002/cae.22066 · Cited by 34 · see citing works

Source Code Plagiarism Detection in Academia with Information Retrieval: Dataset and the Observation

Karnalim, O., Setia, B. U. D. I., Toba, H., & Joy, M. S. (2019) · Informatics in Education · doi:10.15388/infedu.2019.15 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

Five Years of Graduate CS Education Online and at Scale

Joyner, D. A., Isbell, C. L., Starner, T. E., & Goel, A. K. (2019) · ACM Global Computing Education Conference (CompEd) · doi:10.1145/3300115.3309534 · Cited by 22 · see citing works

Plagiarism Detection for Java Programs without Source Codes

Anjali, V., Swapna, T., & Jayaraman, B. (2015) · Procedia Computer Science · doi:10.1016/j.procs.2015.02.143 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

Explanation in Code Similarity Investigation

Karnalim, O., & Simon, N. P. (2021) · IEEE Access · doi:10.1109/access.2021.3073703 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Detecting Source Code Plagiarism on .NET Programming Languages using Low-level Representation and Adaptive Local Alignment

Rabbani, F. S., & Karnalim, O. (2017) · Journal of information and organizational sciences · doi:10.31341/jios.41.1.7 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Definition, approaches, and analysis of code duplication detection (2006–2020): a critical review

Chen, C.-F., Zain, A. M., & Zhou, K.-Q. (2022) · Neural Computing and Applications · doi:10.1007/s00521-022-07707-2 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Review of Code Similarity and Plagiarism Detection Research Studies

Lee, G., Kim, J., Choi, M.-S., Jang, R.-Y., & Lee, R. (2023) · Applied Sciences · doi:10.3390/app132011358 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

IR-based technique for linearizing abstract method invocation in plagiarism-suspected source code pair

Karnalim, O. (2018) · Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.jksuci.2018.01.012 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Automated Hints Generation for Investigating Source Code Plagiarism and Identifying The Culprits on In-Class Individual Programming Assessment

Budiman, A. E., & Karnalim, O. (2019) · Computers · doi:10.3390/computers8010011 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Evaluating the robustness of source code plagiarism detection tools to pervasive plagiarism-hiding modifications

Cheers, H., Lin, Y., & Smith, S. P. (2021) · Empirical Software Engineering · doi:10.1007/s10664-021-09990-4 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Maintaining Academic Integrity in Programming: Locality-Sensitive Hashing and Recommendations

Karnalim, O. (2023) · Education Sciences · doi:10.3390/educsci13010054 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Detecting Pervasive Source Code Plagiarism through Dynamic Program Behaviours

Cheers, H., Lin, Y., & Smith, S. P. (2020) · Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Australasian Computing Education Conference · doi:10.1145/3373165.3373168 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

The Effectiveness of Low-Level Structure-Based Approach Toward Source Code Plagiarism Level Taxonomy

Karnalim, O., & Budi, S. (2018) · doi:10.1109/icoict.2018.8528768 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Dataset of Program Source Codes Solving Unique Programming Exercises Generated by Digital Teaching Assistant

Demidova, L. A., Andrianova, E., Sovietov, P. N., & Gorchakov, A. V. (2023) · Data · doi:10.3390/data8060109 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Source code plagiarism detection with low-level structural representation and information retrieval

Karnalim, O. (2019) · International Journal of Computers and Applications · doi:10.1080/1206212x.2019.1589944 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Detecting Automatic Software Plagiarism via Token Sequence Normalization

Sağlam, T., Brödel, M., Schmid, L., & Hahner, S. (2024) · Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 46th International Conference on Software Engineering · doi:10.1145/3597503.3639192 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Python Source Code Plagiarism Attacks on Introductory Programming Course Assignments.

Karnalim, O. (2017) · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Work-in-Progress: Syntactic Code Similarity Detection in Strongly Directed Assessments

Karnalim, O., Simon, Ayub, M., Kurniawati, G., Nathasya, R. A., & Wijanto, M. C. (2021) · IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) · doi:10.1109/educon46332.2021.9454152 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Layered similarity detection for programming plagiarism and collusion on weekly assessments

Karnalim, O., Simon, N. P., & Chivers, W. (2022) · Computer Applications in Engineering Education · doi:10.1002/cae.22553 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Classification of Program Texts Represented as Markov Chains with Biology-Inspired Algorithms-Enhanced Extreme Learning Machines

Demidova, L. A., & Gorchakov, A. V. (2022) · Algorithms · doi:10.3390/a15090329 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Code Plagiarism Checking Function and Its Application for Code Writing Problem in Java Programming Learning Assistant System

Htet, E. E., Wai, K. H., Aung, S. T., Funabiki, N., Lu, X., Kyaw, H. H. S., & Kao, W.-C. (2024) · Analytics · doi:10.3390/analytics3010004 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Plagiarism Detection in Java Code

Liaqat, A. G., & Ahmad, A. (2011) · KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Common Code Segment Selection: Semi-Automated Approach and Evaluation

Karnalim, O., & Simon (2021) · ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) · doi:10.1145/3408877.3432436 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Distance indices for the detection of similarity in C programs

Baby, J., Kannan, T., Vinod, P., & Gopal, V. (2014) · International Conference on Computation of Power, Energy, Information and Communication (ICCPEIC) · doi:10.1109/iccpeic.2014.6915408 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Material Survey on Source Code Plagiarism Detection in Programming Courses

Alexandra-Cristina, C., & Olteanu, A.-C. (2022) · IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT) · doi:10.1109/icalt55010.2022.00119 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

A Language-Independent Library for Observing Source Code Plagiarism

Franclinton, R., & Karnalim, O. (2019) · Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Business Intelligence · doi:10.20473/jisebi.5.2.110-119 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Engaging Students to Learn Coding in the AI Era with Emphasis on the Process

Arendes, K., Kerkhoff, S. N., & Adhikari, B. (2024) · Edukasiana Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan · doi:10.56916/ejip.v3i2.728 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Improving Scalability of Java Archive Search Engine through Recursion Conversion And Multithreading

Karnalim, O. (2016) · CommIT (Communication and Information Technology) Journal · doi:10.21512/commit.v10i1.1653 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Programming Plagiarism and Collusion: Student Perceptions and Mitigating Strategies in Indonesia

Karnalim, O., Kautsar, I. A., Aditya, B. R., Udjaja, Y., Nendya, M. B., & Kotama, I. N. D. (2021) · IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering · doi:10.1109/tale52509.2021.9678917 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Issues Related to the Detection of Source Code Plagiarism in Students Assignments

Alsmadi, I. M., Alhami, I., & Kazakzeh, S. (2014) · Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio (Texas A&M University-San Antonio) · doi:10.14257/ijseia.2014.8.4.03 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Which Source Code Plagiarism Detection Approach is More Humane?

Karnalim, O., & Sulistiani, L. (2018) · International Conference on Awareness Science and Technology (iCAST) · doi:10.1109/icawst.2018.8517170 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Source Code Plagiarism Detection Using Siamese BLSTM Network and Embedding Models

Manahi, M., Sulaiman, S., & Bakar, N. S. A. A. (2022) · Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering · doi:10.1007/978-981-16-8515-6_31 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Dynamic Thresholding Mechanisms for IR-Based Filtering in Efficient Source Code Plagiarism Detection

Karnalim, O., & Sulistiani, L. (2018) · International Conference on Advanced Computer Science and Information Systems · doi:10.1109/icacsis.2018.8618207 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Identifying Social Networks of Programmers using Text Mining for Code Similarity Detection

Xylogiannopoulos, K. F., & Karampelas, P. (2020) · IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM) · doi:10.1109/asonam49781.2020.9381381 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Layout-Based Digital IC Course Projects in Large Classes: Implementation, Evaluation, and Plagiarism Detection

Davidson, A. C., & Viraraghavan, J. (2022) · IEEE Transactions on Education · doi:10.1109/te.2022.3192624 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Applying Coding Behavior Features to Student Plagiarism Detection on Programming Assignments

Li, Z., Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Wu, Y., & Wu, S. (2023) · Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers · doi:10.1142/s0218126623502869 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Towards Robust Plagiarism Detection in Programming Education: Introducing Tolerant Token Matching Techniques to Counter Novel Obfuscation Methods

Maisch, R., Hagel, N., & Bartel, A. (2025) · European Conference on Software Engineering Education (ECSEE) · doi:10.1145/3723010.3723019 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

The Application of Code Plagiarism Detection Function in a C Programming University Course

Lu, X., & Wai, K. H. (2025) · International Symposium on Computer, Consumer and Control · doi:10.1109/is3c65361.2025.11130958 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Criminal Minds: How First-Year CS Students Plagiarize Code

Maisch, R., Schmid, L., Glassey, R. J., Fuchß, D., Niehues, N., Liu, H., & Koziolek, A. (2026) · ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) · doi:10.1145/3803437.3805789 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

An Approach to Identifying Suspicious Student Activities During Online Programming Training Based on One-Class Classifiers

Andrianova, E., & Demidov, N. (2023) · International Conference on Control Systems, Mathematical Modeling, Automation and Energy Efficiency (SUMMA) · doi:10.1109/summa60232.2023.10349673 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Phieval: Four-Phase Plagiarism Detection System in Private MOOCs

Thomas, G., Kumar, A., Bijlani, K., & Aswathy, R. (2016) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-10-0287-8_48 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Real time detection and analysis of PDF-files

Borg, K. (2013) · NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Design of a Cybertask for Undergraduate Students: The Influence of Learning Styles on Task Completion

Girón-García, C. (2014) · Repositori UJI (Universitat Jaume I)

Don't be a copycat!: lecturers' perceptions of plagiarism among university students

Ryan, G. A., Valverde, M., Pàmies, M. D. M., Casals, A., & Gorjup, M. T. (2011) · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)

Which Source Code Plagiarism Detection Approach is More Humane?Preprint

Karnalim, O., & Sulistiani, L. (2018) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1809.08559

Methodology for Detecting Similarity of Program Code Based on Combining Algorithms

Novotochinov, M. E., Solomatin, D. I., & Chernenkii, A. V. (2024) · IEEE Conference of Russian Young Researchers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering · doi:10.1109/elcon61730.2024.10468101

Sensitive Similarity on Programming Assessments Expecting Highly Similar Submissions

Karnalim, O. (2024) · IEEE World Engineering Education Conference (EDUNINE) · doi:10.1109/edunine60625.2024.10500603

Mitigating Obfuscation Attacks on Software Plagiarism Detectors via Subsequence Merging

Sağlam, T., Niehues, N., Hahner, S., & Schmid, L. (2025) · IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T) · doi:10.1109/cseet66350.2025.00028

Outsmarting Disguises: Evaluating SSTRANGE for Plagiarism Detection in Computer Graphics Code

Senjaya, W. F., Nathasya, R. A., Liliawati, S. L., Karnalim, O., Vivaldy, T., & Arsito, J. L. (2025) · International Conference on Orange Technology (ICOT) · doi:10.1109/icot68409.2025.11425138

Process over Product: A Real-Time, Big Data Approach to Plagiarism Detection via Activity Logs

Rao, B. S. A., Gurram, S., Carvalho, J., S, A. P., & Giri, A. (2026) · IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) · doi:10.1109/educon67543.2026.11574328

Detection of source code similitude in academic environments

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A Framework for Checking Plagiarized Contents in Programs Submitted at Online Judging Systems

Ferdows, J., Khatun, S., Mokarrama, M. J., & Arefin, M. S. (2020) · Advances in intelligent systems and computing · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51859-2_50 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Plagiarism detection tool “Parikshak”

Sharma, S., Sharma, C. S., & Tyagi, V. (2015) · International Conference on Communication, Information & Computing Technology · doi:10.1109/iccict.2015.7045739 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

EPlag: A two layer source code plagiarism detection system

Ajmal, O., Missen, M. M. S., Hashmat, T., Moosa, M., & Ali, T. (2013) · International Conference on Digital Information Management · doi:10.1109/icdim.2013.6693984 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Mossad: defeating software plagiarism detection

Devore-McDonald, B., & Berger, E. D. (2020) · Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages · doi:10.1145/3428206 · Cited by 35 · see citing works