Rubriq is an AI editing and translation tool for academic writing, aimed particularly at researchers whose first language is not English. Springer Nature launched it as Curie in October 2023. Curie used large language models together with editing models that Springer Nature trained on academic literature and on more than a million edits to published papers. MPS Limited bought American Journal Experts (AJE), including Curie, from Springer Nature in February 2024, and the tool has since been renamed Rubriq. AJE sells Rubriq directly to researchers, and HighWire Press offers it to publishers and universities.
Benefits & outcomes
- Springer Nature reports that in a 2022 trial with 793 authors in China submitting to Scientific Reports and the Discover Series, 67% of the authors offered Curie used it.
- Springer Nature reports that 90% of the manuscripts from authors who used Curie in that trial went on to peer review.
- Springer Nature reports that 91% of the authors who used Curie in that trial rated it good or excellent.
- Springer Nature reports a 14% increase in publishing success by the end of the trial, without saying what it was compared with.
- Springer Nature reports a 2% increase in publication success in the trial for authors whose papers would otherwise have been flagged for rejection because of their English.
- HighWire Press reports that Rubriq makes the correct change 95.5% of the time.
- HighWire Press reports that Rubriq’s edits change 0.8% of the author’s intended meaning.
- HighWire Press reports that 600 authors used Rubriq as a free add-on in a Springer Nature Books pilot.
- HighWire Press reports an author satisfaction score of 8.5 out of 10 in that pilot.
Publisher / company: AJEHighWire PressMPS LimitedSpringer Nature
Date of case study: 2022
Status: Live
Built by: Company
Updated: February 2024
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