The duplicate checking of master's thesis mainly focuses on the text, the summary at the beginning and the thanks at the end. The contents quoted in the author's article should be marked in the form of footnotes, so as to eliminate the repetition rate of quoted documents when HowNet checks the duplicate.

The duplicate checking of HowNet is based on the master's thesis catalogue. The table of contents is not within the scope of duplicate checking, but the premise is that the table of contents must be in the correct format, otherwise the table of contents will be automatically segmented and recognized by the system in the text, which is prone to high repetition rate. In addition, HowNet will not repeat the reference. However, due to the format errors of some authors' references, it is difficult for HowNet to identify this part as a reference, so it will also be included in the category of duplicate checking.

Generally, the plagiarism rate of graduate thesis is not more than 20% and less than 5%, and it can be directly submitted for review or defense. Between 5% and 20%, the tutor needs to review and judge.