A high Turnitin similarity score can delay or invalidate your submission. AcademiQ's plagiarism removal specialists manually paraphrase flagged sections — preserving your meaning while removing matched text — and provide an updated Turnitin report to confirm the result.
A plagiarism removal service addresses one of the most stressful situations in academic submission: a Turnitin or iThenticate originality report showing a similarity score above your university's accepted threshold. It is important to distinguish between similarity and plagiarism: similarity means that matched text has been found against existing sources; plagiarism is the deliberate presentation of others' work as your own. Many high similarity scores are not the result of intentional dishonesty — they arise from over-quoting, insufficient paraphrasing, or recycling text from your own prior submissions (self-plagiarism). Regardless of the cause, the result is the same: a document that cannot be submitted as-is.
The most common causes of high similarity scores in academic work are: verbatim copying of source text without quotation marks or citation; inadequate paraphrasing that changes only a few words while preserving the original sentence structure; over-reliance on quotation rather than synthesis; and self-plagiarism — submitting sections from a previously assessed piece of your own work. Each of these requires a different treatment strategy, and AcademiQ's specialists identify the cause before prescribing the solution.
AcademiQ's approach is section-by-section manual paraphrasing by PhD-qualified subject experts who understand the content of your work. We do not use AI paraphrasing tools, spinning software, or automated rewriting platforms — all of which produce detectable, low-quality output that universities are increasingly identifying. Our human writers restructure sentences, vary vocabulary, integrate ideas into your argument, and ensure that the paraphrased version is academically coherent — not just syntactically reshuffled.
Every plagiarism removal project concludes with a fresh Turnitin scan, so you receive an updated originality report showing the before and after similarity scores. We also reformat any legitimately quotable text with correct in-text citations and quotation marks where direct quotation is appropriate — turning a similarity match into a properly attributed source. Flexible scope: we can treat a single chapter, a single section, or the entire document.
Identify exactly which sections are flagged, at what similarity percentage, and why — before any changes are made.
Manual, subject-expert paraphrasing of flagged text — restructuring sentences, varying vocabulary, and integrating ideas into your own argument.
Flagged sections from your own previously submitted work rewritten to ensure every version reads as original.
Some flagged text is legitimately quoted — we reformat with correct in-text citations and quotation marks to legitimise the match.
Updated Turnitin originality report after treatment — so you can see the before and after similarity scores side by side.
Work on specific chapters only (e.g., just the literature review) or the full document — flexible scope, transparent pricing.
We use expert human paraphrasing — never AI spinners. AI-spun text is detectable and academically dishonest.
Paraphrasing is done by PhD holders who understand your field — meaning is always preserved.
Your document is handled under NDA. We never retain copies or share content.
Updated Turnitin report provided after treatment — proof of improvement.
Send us your document and your Turnitin report. We identify which sections need treatment and confirm scope and price.
A PhD subject expert manually rewrites flagged sections — restructuring, varying vocabulary, integrating ideas — with no AI tools used.
Revised document delivered with a fresh Turnitin scan showing the reduced similarity score — before and after comparison included.
Students who have received a high similarity score and need to resubmit
Researchers whose literature review contains over-quoted or insufficiently paraphrased text
Academics dealing with self-plagiarism flags from prior submissions
International students who have relied too heavily on source text due to language barriers
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