The centralized originality check of the doctoral dissertations at the University of Belgrade: a model of a controlled and transparent procedure

The procedure of originality check of the doctoral dissertations at the University in Belgrade, established in 2018 is presented in this paper. Since that year, at the University of Belgrade, the service Ithenticate (Turnitin) is used systematically for originality checks for all Ph.D. thesis that are in the process of evaluation. This presentation intends to explain how the procedure can be maximally controlled on one side but also transparent enough on the other.