Ensure the highest standards of quality and image integrity in your publications with Proofig AI
Proofig AI provides advanced support for detecting image reuse and duplication, both between images and within a single image. Our system identifies multiple types of reuse, including full duplication, partial duplication, rotation, flipping, scaling, cloning and more. Additionally, Proofig specializes in detecting alterations such as
splicing within Western blot images.
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Why Choose Proofig?
Save Time
Save valuable time by analyzing entire papers in minutes
Reduce human errors
Perform accurate analysis of manuscripts and reduce human errors
Ensure the highest standards of quality
Ensure the highest standards of quality and image integrity with Proofig AI
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Check papers with guaranteed confidentiality
Proofig is the only Solution that:
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Offers an all-in-one inspection tool powered by AI.
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Detects issues with FACS images.
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Harness AI-powered splice detection for Western blot integrity checks.
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Is adopted by leading universities and publishers.
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Provides a dedicated team available for training and support.
Multiple image sources
Proofig AI can auto detect multiple image sources:
Microscopies (confocal, light, fluorescence, and electron), Histology Slides, Pathology Slides, Western blot bands, Gel Electrophoresis, Flow Cytometry (FC), Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS), Cell Culture, in-vitro, in-vivo, and more images. Proofig stands unique as the only tool that detects issues with FACS images.
The scientific community can use the technology to proactively check images at any stage of the writing or publishing process.
Protect your scientific reputation
With over 2.5 million scientific manuscripts published each year (1), over 35,000 articles (from 2009 to 2016) are at risk of retraction after publication due to image duplication, image manipulation, or image plagiarism (2).
In fact, the percentage of manuscripts flagged up for image-related problems ranges from 20 to 35 percent (3). This means there are hundreds of thousands of papers published with image issues in a year! Each mistake can have harmful results for all parties involved, even if it will be subject to post-publication correction.
The damage caused by a post-publication retraction — including investigations and legal costs — is estimated at over $1 million per article (4)!
(1) The STM Report, Fourth Edition March 2015.
(2) Bik EM, et all., Analysis and correction of inappropriate image duplication: the Molecular and Cellular Biology Experience. Mol Cell Bio. 2018; 38 (20).
(3) Jana Christopher (Image Data Integrity Analyst bei FEBS Press) : Expert-interviews, UKRIO.
(4) Arthur M. Michalek et al., The Costs and Underappreciated Consequences of Research Misconduct: A Case Study, PLoS Med. 2010; 7(8)
Checking images manually is time-consuming and not always accurate. Proofig’s SaaS platform allows customers to easily upload documents for analysis and image plagiarism detection, checking a paper and providing a full report in minutes.
Anyone in research, such as authors, editors, publishers and ethics committees, can use the system for automated review processes, completing image integrity checks rapidly and efficiently.
Proofig analyses papers in minutes
The benefits of image integrity AI software
Automating the image review process enables users to check images prior to peer review and publication. This ensures that all research is credible and protects the reputations of all parties involved.
Proactively checking image integrity also reduces the risk of costly investigations and retractions after publication. Investing in Proofig enables the scientific community to save millions that it can then invest in further research.
The Three Stages of Proofig
“Image integrity issues in the scientific literature are more prevalent than many readers would expect, and notably so in the life sciences. In recent years, an increasing number of scientific journals have adopted pre-publication image screening. Expertise in this area has developed, whilst the need for reliable and user-friendly automated tools to screen large volumes of image data at scale has grown accordingly.
I have found Proofig to be impressively strong in detecting duplications and part-duplications in Western blots and microscopy images. It works fairly quickly and reliably across several figures, whilst being robust to rotation, flipping, resizing, and colour changes. The makers recently also added Flow Cytometry plots to their catalogue of screen-able image types.
The system automatically generates a report summarizing individual, selectable findings in a clear manner, and users can also re-visit previously screened items in their own database. Whilst it remains essential for an experienced user to verify and interpret individual findings, I believe Proofig is a very valuable tool for duplication detection, and suited to effectively assist journals’ image integrity screening routines”.
Jana Christopher
Image Data Integrity Analyst
Hear what renowned editors and scientists are saying about Proofig:
Proofig achievements
25%
Average manuscripts with findings
100,000
Scanned Manuscripts
3,700,000
Scanned pages
6,300,000
Processed Subimages
99.4%
Image detection precision
96.8%
Text detection precision
97.2%
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