Ensuring the highest standards of quality and image integrity in your publications with Proofig AI
Image Integrity Challenges
Explore the common risks associated with image manipulation in scientific research.
Our Partners
Join Our trusted leading scientific publishers to maintain the authenticity of published research
Our Solutions​
Proofig AI utilizes a vast database exclusively for detecting plagiarism, while also identifying duplications and manipulations within individual manuscripts.
PubMed Source Plagiarism
Detection of Reuse of Sub-Images From Published Manuscripts (Plagiarism). Utilizing PubMed's Source database, which contains tens of millions of images.
Duplication & Reuse
Detection of Duplication or Reuse Within a Single Manuscript, Including Scaling, Rotation, Flipping, Full and Partial Overlap, and Additional Irregularities.
Alteration & Manipulation
Detection of Alteration or Manipulation Within a Single Sub-Image, Including Cloning, Editing, Deletion, and Splicing.
Customize Your Journey
Find the perfect Proofig solution for your role. Click below to explore services that best suit your professional requirements.
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
Enjoy guaranteed confidentiality
Check papers with guaranteed confidentiality
Proofig is the only Solution that:
-
Detection of Alteration or Manipulation Within Western blot, Including Cloning, Editing, Deletion, and Splicing.
​
-
Detects issues with FACS images.
​
-
Offers an all-in-one inspection tool powered by AI.
​
-
Is adopted by leading universities and publishers.
​
-
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
Hear what renowned editors and scientists are saying about Proofig:
Proofig achievements
25%
Average manuscripts with findings
126,000
Scanned Manuscripts
4,800,000
Scanned pages
7,700,000
Processed Subimages
99.4%
Image detection precision
96.8%
Text detection precision
97.2%
Western band alteration