Research integrity

SnappShot

SnappShot is Springer Nature’s in-house AI-assisted tool for checking image integrity, developed by its AI Lab and Research Integrity Group. It is web-based and connected to Springer Nature’s submission systems, and the first version, rolled out in December…

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STM Integrity Hub

The STM Integrity Hub is a cloud-based environment, developed by STM Solutions, in which publishers screen submitted manuscripts for signs of paper mills and other research integrity concerns. It passes submission data from journals and editorial systems to…

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The Replication Engine

The Replication Engine is a proposal by Abel Brodeur, chair of the Institute for Replication, and Bruno Barbarioli, a research scientist at the institute, for an AI system that would automatically reproduce the computational findings of a paper…

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Veracity for Publishing

Veracity for Publishing is a fact-checking and review tool for academic publishing from Grounded AI, which describes it as a “reviewer zero” that works before peer review. It verifies claims and citations, flags citations that cannot be matched…

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VeriMe

VeriMe is a global digital identity verification service for researchers, run as a limited cooperative association — tackling the identity fraud that underpins reviewer fraud and paper mills, with a governance model that isn’t a commercial black box.

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