Question 1

What is MannaPlag?

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MannaPlag is an AI-powered plagiarism detection and research integrity platform designed for students, researchers, educators, institutions, publishers, and journals. It compares submitted documents against a continuously expanding scholarly corpus to identify similarities and promote academic integrity.

Question 2

Who can use MannaPlag?

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MannaPlag is suitable for students, researchers, faculty, universities and colleges, publishers, journals, research institutes, and government organisations.

Question 3

What makes MannaPlag different?

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MannaPlag combines AI-powered similarity detection, semantic analysis, institutional repositories, and publisher-grade APIs with a continuously growing academic corpus of 50+ million scholarly documents and records, making it a comprehensive and affordable research integrity platform.

Question 4

How large is the MannaPlag database?

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MannaPlag currently indexes over 50 million scholarly documents and records, making it one of the largest continuously growing academic plagiarism detection corpora.

Question 5

How often is the database updated?

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Our academic corpus is continuously updated through automated harvesting from trusted scholarly repositories and publishing platforms, ensuring newly published research is regularly indexed.

Question 6

What sources are included?

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MannaPlag compares submissions against journal articles, conference papers, theses and dissertations, institutional repositories, open access research, public web sources, publisher content (where available), and continuously harvested scholarly repositories.

Question 7

Why does a large corpus matter?

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A larger and continuously updated scholarly corpus increases the likelihood of identifying matching or similar content across published research, theses, conference papers, and institutional repositories, resulting in more comprehensive similarity analysis.

Question 8

How does MannaPlag detect plagiarism?

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MannaPlag uses advanced AI-powered similarity detection to compare submitted documents against its academic corpus and identify exact text matches, paraphrased content, similar sentence structures, and reused academic content.

Question 9

Does MannaPlag detect AI-generated content?

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Yes. MannaPlag includes AI-generated content detection to help identify text that may have been created using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and GPT-4.

Question 10

Does it detect paraphrased plagiarism?

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Yes. Semantic analysis helps identify rewritten content that preserves the original meaning even when the wording has been significantly changed.

Question 11

Does a high similarity score always mean plagiarism?

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No. Similarity reports highlight matching text, but properly cited quotations, references, and common academic phrases may legitimately contribute to the similarity score. Human judgment is always required.

Question 12

Can references and quotations be excluded?

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Yes. Users can exclude references, bibliographies, quotations, small matches, and common phrases from the similarity calculation.

Question 13

Which file formats are supported?

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Supported formats include DOC, DOCX, and PDF.

Question 14

Is there a file size limit?

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The maximum file size and word count depend on your subscription plan.

Question 15

How quickly are reports generated?

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Most reports are generated within a few minutes, depending on document size and system load.

Question 16

Can multiple faculty members use one account?

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Yes. Institutional subscriptions support multiple users with role-based permissions.

Question 17

Can institutions create their own repository?

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Yes. Institutions can maintain private repositories for future similarity comparisons.

Question 18

Does MannaPlag integrate with Learning Management Systems?

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Yes. LMS integrations are available through supported platforms and APIs.

Question 19

Does MannaPlag offer an API?

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Yes. Publisher subscriptions include REST APIs for editorial workflow integration.

Question 20

Does MannaPlag support OJS?

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Yes. MannaPlag integrates with Open Journal Systems (OJS).

Question 21

Can manuscripts be screened automatically?

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Yes. Publishers can automatically screen manuscripts before peer review through both the web interface and API.

Question 22

Who owns uploaded documents?

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Users always retain ownership of their intellectual property. MannaPlag does not claim any rights over submitted documents.

Question 23

Are uploaded documents secure?

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Yes. MannaPlag employs industry-standard security measures to protect uploaded documents and user data.

Question 24

Are documents shared with third parties?

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No. Documents are never shared without user authorisation, except where required by applicable law.

Question 25

Are uploaded documents stored permanently?

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Storage policies depend on the subscription plan and repository settings selected by the customer.

Question 26

Is there a free plan?

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Yes. Every category includes a Free plan with one plagiarism check per month for evaluation purposes.

Question 27

Can I purchase additional checks?

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Yes. Additional plagiarism checks can be purchased once your annual allocation is exhausted.

Question 28

Do unused checks roll over?

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No. Annual check allocations expire at the end of the subscription period unless otherwise specified.

Question 29

Are discounts available?

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Educational institutions, publisher groups, and consortiums may qualify for volume-based pricing. Contact us to discuss.

Question 30

How can I contact support?

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Support is available via email and our support portal. You can reach us through the Contact page.

Question 31

Can I cancel my subscription?

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Yes. Annual subscriptions may be cancelled before renewal in accordance with our Terms of Service.

Question 32

Can MannaPlag integrate into our existing systems?

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Yes. MannaPlag supports integration with Learning Management Systems (LMS), Open Journal Systems (OJS), editorial management systems, institutional portals, and custom enterprise applications via REST APIs.

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