Integrity Image Checks for Academic Institutions

Maintain the highest standards of research integrity by ensuring image accuracy in internal research reviews. Uphold research credibility with confidence.

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Imagetwin is trusted by leading academic institutions:

Ensure Reliable Image Submissions

Prevent errors, verify image accuracy, and protect your reputation before journal submission.

Avoid Submission Errors

Detect accidental duplications, mislabeling, and overlooked image manipulations before submitting to journals

Ensure Accuracy & Transparency

Use Imagetwin’s built-in Forensic Tools and Confidence Scores to verify and refine your images

Safeguard Your Reputation

Reduce the risk of delays, rejections, or post-publication corrections due to image integrity issues

Solution for Academic Institutions

Imagetwin empowers academic institutions to uphold research integrity across all levels, from individual researchers to compliance and ethics teams. Imagetwin supports academic institutions across key integrity workflows.

Conduct Internal Research Audits - Identify potential integrity concerns in research figures before submission to funders or journals.
Enhance Research Office Oversight - Integrate pre-submission integrity checks into internal review workflows to prevent issues before external submission.
Support Institutional Investigations - Provide objective, AI-driven analysis of potential image integrity violations in misconduct cases.

Why Image Integrity is Critical for Academic Institutions

Academic institutions are responsible for ensuring the integrity of research produced under their name. Without proper checks, image integrity issues can lead to:

Ethics & Compliance Risks

Research misconduct cases can trigger internal investigations, grant rejections, or regulatory scrutiny.

Funding & Grant Consequences

Research integrity violations may impact eligibility for competitive grants and institutional funding.

Avoid Costly Investigations & Retractions

Universities, research institutes, and hospitals must protect their credibility by ensuring published research meets the highest standards.

Imagetwin supports detecting image plagiarism for academic institutions by automating image integrity checks, helping research offices, compliance teams, and ethics committees identify and address integrity concerns before publication or funding approval.

What Our Clients Say

Hear from institutions and integrity experts using Imagetwin.

As a leading research institute, focused on pre-clinical cancer research, researchers at the CRUK Scotland Institute are aware of the global concern with the reproducibility of published pre-clinical cancer data and the integrity of the figures in cancer research papers. The CRUK Scotland Institute has established a research integrity framework that includes training on appropriate image processing and figure preparation, as well as a mandatory process for reviewing all research papers prior to submission to journals. As part of this we use Imagetwin to screen the figures in our papers. We find this really useful to identify accidental errors in images or duplication of representative images that might be breaches of copyright.

Catherine Winchester, PhD (she/her)

Head of the Research Integrity Service, CRUK Scotland Institute

The MRC Toxicology Unit uses Imagetwin to review figures in manuscripts prior to journal submission, with a particular focus on western blots and PCR gels. The platform has proven valuable in detecting unintentional human errors such as duplications and potential splicing issues, especially in manuscripts containing a large number of figures. This additional screening step helps identify small production or editing mistakes before submission and strengthens internal quality control. While its impact is greatest when gel images are central to a study, tools like Imagetwin play an important role in supporting responsible image handling and maintaining high standards of research integrity in an evolving publishing landscape.

MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge

Team of Researchers, MRC Toxicology Unit

At the American Society for Microbiology, Imagetwin has been an integral part of our routine ethics checks across all ASM journal titles since early 2023. Scientifically trained members of our Ethics and Integrity team use the platform to prescreen figures at the revision stage and to review revised figures to ensure duplication concerns are fully resolved. Duplication and plagiarism detection, particularly the reuse of images from prior publications, have been especially valuable. By combining AI-powered screening with expert in-house verification, we are able to identify and address concerns efficiently before publication, reinforce good data practices among authors, and safeguard the integrity of the scientific record.

American Society for Microbiology

Aashi Chaturvedi, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, Ethics and Integrity, American Society for Microbiology

Trusted by Global Publishing Standards

Imagetwin is an active member of internationally recognized publishing and research ethics organizations. Our work aligns with global standards for research integrity, ethical content handling, and responsible technology use.

Features Tailored for Institutions

Tools designed for research offices, compliance teams, and ethics committees.

Bulk Scanning for Audits

Quickly scan large volumes of research papers, grant applications, and institutional reports for integrity issues

Forensic Tool

Investigate flagged images in detail with zoom, contrast adjustment, and keypoint matching

Confidence Scores

Probability scores from 0% to 100% help assess the severity of detected issues, allowing reviewers to prioritize cases

Comprehensive Reports

Generate detailed PDF reports summarizing integrity concerns

Institution-Wide Data Privacy

All data is fully encrypted and never stored beyond the scanning session, ensuring compliance with privacy policies

Seamless Workflow Integration

Imagetwin makes it easy to incorporate image verification into existing processes with APIs

Do You Have Any Questions?

Let us know, and we are happy to get in touch.

Alisia Blagermann

Strategic Account Manager

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Frequently asked questions

How can academic institutions use Imagetwin?

Institutions can integrate Imagetwin into research integrity workflows, ethics investigations, and pre-submission audits to ensure image accuracy and compliance before publication or grant approval.

Why is image integrity important for universities and research centers?

Institutions are responsible for ensuring the credibility of research output. Without proper life science image detection technology, manipulated or duplicated images could lead to retractions, ethics violations, or funding losses.

Can Imagetwin detect image integrity issues in grant applications?

Yes. Institutions can use Imagetwin to scan research figures in grant applications to ensure accuracy before submission to funding bodies and government agencies.

How does Imagetwin support institutional investigations?

If image integrity concerns arise in misconduct investigations or ethics reviews, institutions can use Imagetwin’s forensic tools to assess flagged images with confidence scores, zoom features, and manipulation detection.

What types of image integrity issues can Imagetwin detect?

Imagetwin detects:

Duplications within manuscripts
Duplications across published literature
Splicing and copy-move forgeries
AI-generated images
Brightness or contrast modifications that obscure data

Does Imagetwin store institutional research data?

No. All uploaded research figures are fully encrypted and are never stored in our global dataset after scanning, ensuring compliance with institutional data protection policies.

Can Imagetwin be used for post-publication investigations?

Yes. Institutions can use Imagetwin to review previously published papers for image integrity concerns, supporting post-publication corrections or investigations.

Can we generate reports for compliance purposes?

Yes. Imagetwin provides structured PDF reports that summarize flagged image integrity issues, allowing institutions to document findings for internal compliance teams or funding agencies.

How can our institution get started?

Book a demo directly with a member of our team, or send us an enquiry via our Contact Form to discuss custom institutional plans that support high-volume research scanning and compliance needs.