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Table 3 Range of Specificity and Sensitivity at different Criterion for Turnitin based on Our Results

From: A plagiarism paperdemic: determining plagiarism among COVID-19 articles in infectious disease journals between 2020 and 2021

Criterion

Sensitivity

95% CI

Specificity

95% CI

 ≥ 0

100.00

97.2–100.0

0.00

0.0–2.0

 > 0

100.00

97.2–100.0

8.29

4.7–13.3

 > 1

98.45

94.5–99.8

22.10

16.3–28.9

 > 2

96.90

92.3–99.1

32.04

25.3–39.4

 > 3

93.02

87.2–96.8

43.65

36.3–51.2

 > 4

90.70

84.3–95.1

53.04

45.5–60.5

 > 5

86.82

79.7–92.1

62.98

55.5–70.0

 > 6

81.40

73.6–87.7

72.38

65.3–78.7

 > 7

69.77

61.1–77.5

77.90

71.1–83.7

 > 8

63.57

54.6–71.9

82.87

76.6–88.1

 > 9

55.04

46.0–63.8

86.74

80.9–91.3

 > 10

47.29

38.4–56.3

89.50

84.1–93.6

 > 11

38.76

30.3–47.7

91.16

86.0–94.9

 > 12

38.76

30.3–47.7

94.48

90.1–97.3

 > 13

34.11

26.0–43.0

95.58

91.5–98.1

 > 14

30.23

22.5–38.9

96.69

92.9–98.8

 > 15

27.91

20.4–36.5

97.24

93.7–99.1

 > 16

27.91

20.4–36.5

98.34

95.2–99.7

 > 17

26.36

19.0–34.8

98.90

96.1–99.9

 > 18

23.26

16.3–31.5

99.45

97.0–100.0