Research Integrity Screening demo

What the demo shows

Screens figures, statistics and citations for duplication and errors, for integrity officers

Seven agents screen a manuscript before it is submitted. An Image agent compares every panel with every other panel and with the lab's earlier papers for duplication, rotation, splices and generated textures; a Stats agent recomputes every p-value; a Citation agent checks every reference against retraction notices. Before any flag reaches a person, a Second-Look agent tries to explain it innocently from the legends, methods and raw files, and a Provenance agent finds the original image the author can swap in. A specialist decides each remaining item, a second specialist checks the private report, and only the Research Integrity Officer can turn a flag into an allegation.

Transcript

1. 0:00Research Integrity Screening checks figures, statistics and citations for integrity officers, before submission.
2. 0:09One biomedical paper in twenty-five carries a problematic duplicated figure.
3. 0:16Agents compare fifty-nine panels with the lab's earlier papers, recompute statistics and check retractions.
4. 0:26Panel 3C matches the lab's 2024 paper, rotated 180 degrees.
5. 0:33A Second-Look agent explains two other matches, so nobody hears of them.
6. 0:41Nothing explains 3C, but the original blot turns up in lab storage.
7. 0:49Specialist Daniel Achterberg adds it to a private report, each item cited.
8. 0:56A second specialist checks it before the author sees it.
9. 1:01The author swaps in the original blot, and the re-screen comes back clear.
10. 1:07Resolved before submission. Only the Integrity Officer can escalate, and it is all audited.
11. 1:15This year, four in five flagged manuscripts were fixed before submission.
12. 1:21Built on Botminds: agents, data, screens and governance on one platform.

The narration as written for the film. Captions are on the player.