Research Integrity

Strengthen Research Integrity at the Point of Submission

CACTUS supports editorial teams with early, structured screening through Paperpal Preflight for Editorial Desks that has features like SmartScreen, IntegrityGUARD and PeerPilot, helping identify potential integrity concerns before manuscripts enter peer review.

Who this is for:

Academic and professional publishers

Journal editors and editorial offices

Scholarly societies

Publishing platforms managing high submission volumes

Integrity Checks Where They Matter Most

Editorial teams are expected to uphold high standards of research integrity while managing increasing submission volumes and limited reviewer capacity.

When integrity issues surface late in the process, they:

Delay editorial decisions

Increase reviewer burden

Create downstream corrections and reputational risk

Paperpal Preflight is designed to support integrity early in the editorial process, when intervention is most effective.

OUR APPROACH

Early, Consistent Screening to Support Editorial Judgment

CACTUS approaches research integrity as an editorial responsibility that benefits from early signals and consistent application.

Our focus is on:

Identifying potential concerns at the point of submission

Applying integrity and readiness checks uniformly across manuscripts

Supporting editorial judgment with clear, structured inputs

This approach strengthens standards without slowing workflows.

How We Support This

Preflight comprises three integrated modules that work together to support early-stage editorial screening and integrity assessment.

First-level screening for technical and language readiness

Preflight SmartScreen supports editorial teams by identifying technical compliance issues and language quality concerns early in the submission proces.

Research integrity screening to safeguard against compromised submissions

Preflight IntegrityGUARD focuses on identifying potential integrity risks that may require further editorial attention.

Assistive peer review intelligence to support accuracy and efficiency

Preflight PeerPilot provides structured, AI-assisted analytical inputs to support editorial and peer review decision-making.

PeerPilot is designed to assist editors and reviewers, not replace peer review.

Preflight DigitalEdit

Delivers a tracked-changes document with clear recommendations authors can review, accept, or revise.

Preflight DetectAI

Highlights potentially AI-generated text at sentence level with clear visual markers for faster assessment.

Preflight ImageCheck

Detects duplicated, manipulated, or AI-generated figures to support image authenticity checks.

Preflight PlagCheck

Identifies overlapping text, similarity score, and source matches to help assess originality and attribution.

Clear Editorial Reports

All Paperpal Preflight modules generate structured reports that editors can review quickly and act on confidently, supporting consistent and transparent decision-making.

Designed for Editorial Workflows

Paperpal Preflight integrates into existing submission and editorial processes, enabling integrity screening:

This ensures integrity checks become part of routine editorial practice.

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Support Editorial Standards Without Slowing Decisions