Dr Dror Kolodkin-Gal, PhD is a life sciences researcher who specializes in new ex-vivo explant models to help understand disease progression and treatments. Recognizing the significant impact that image errors have on both colleagues and journals, he aimed to establish a method for upholding the utmost standards in publication integrity. Dror and his team created Proofig AI’s artificial intelligence algorithms to help detect image duplication and manipulations in scientific papers. The software checks papers prior to submission and publication, preventing unexpected rejections and helping to improve article quality and credibility.
As high profile cases about image integrity problems in scientific papers become more frequent, the community must consider how to overcome the issues with the manual image review process and the benefits of AI in rapidly detecting, and potentially preventing, these issues.