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Springer Nature Introduces an AI-Based Research Integrity Tool
Springer Nature introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool for identifying irrelevant references in submitted manuscripts across its portfolio of journals and books. It is designed “to weed out problematic submissions and ensure the veracity of the publication record.” Springer Nature’s Research Integrity Group (RIG) will use the tool for flagging problems, and the team members will check the manuscript manually to decide if it should be withdrawn.“The irrelevant reference checker tool has undergone multiple rounds of testing and validation to ensure it provides a precise and reliable assessment of references across academic disciplines, and training and development of the tool will be ongoing. Human oversight will always remain in place, in line with Springer Nature’s AI Principles,” the company notes. “As the use of AI to generate fake research papers becomes more effective, reference checking provides a key opportunity to identify these unethical efforts. The addition of this tool to our existing checks will help us to catch many unethical submissions that would otherwise progress to take up editors’ and peer reviewers’ time,” says Chris Graf, director of research integrity at Springer Nature. For more information, read the press release.
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