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"Paper factory" to close down? Two years is expected to eradicate the Chinese scholar picture reuse situation! The editorial department of the iNature is the first to launch the software of image duplication checking in China.

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On August 4, 2024, Dr. Liu Pan, editor-in-chief of iNature Matrix (iNature,iPlants,iNews,iMedicines,iFigures, Scientific Research Observation and Biological Island, etc., attention of more than 3 million scholars), and his party visited the editorial department of Integrity Scientific Research at the invitation of the editorial department of Integrity Scientific Research.
The editorial department of the iNature expressed appreciation for the continuous promotion of the construction of scientific research integrity in China, while the editorial department of the scientific research integrity expressed support for the iNature matrix to focus on cutting-edge scientific trends and transmit popular science information.
The reuse of pictures is the main reason for the withdrawal of Chinese scholars' articles, which plagues many scientific research scholars and causes the loss of hundreds of millions of scientific research funds every year. How to put an end to the reuse of pictures at the technical level is imminent. In order to prevent the phenomenon of image reuse, the editorial department of the iNature has introduced iFigures image detection software.
Finally, the editorial department of iNature and the editorial department of integrity scientific research jointly signed a strategic cooperation agreement, contributing to the eradication of the reuse of pictures by Chinese scholars within two years.
In order for the editorial department of the iNature to enable each scholar to use iFigures image duplication checking software (which will be launched as soon as August 13, 2024), the subsequent pricing is roughly as follows50-200Yuan/each [Up to 1000 pictures can be queried at a time (the lowest price can reach 0.05 yuan/picture, and the market price is less than 1 ‰), but the maximum upload is 500M files; The stand-alone version can be downloaded directly to one's own computer, self-examination and self-correction, and there is no risk of data leakage. The result is fast (if the number of pictures is small, the result can be produced within 1 minute) and the detection rate is high. Support JPG,PNG, multiple file formats such as TIF and compressed files], hoping to better promote China's academic progress, so that scholars' articles will no longer be reused.

The editorial department of the iNature has built a database of more than 0.1 billion pictures, which will be continuously updated with tens of millions of pictures every month to declare war on the paper factory!

Q1. Why doesn't the iNature editorial department publish repeated comments on pictures every day in the Pubpeer like some people?

iNature editor-in-chief dr. liu pan:I think publishing relevant comments on the Pubpeer can indeed promote academic development, but it has never been able to solve the problem from the root: the reuse of pictures occurred before, and the reuse of pictures will still occur later. At the same time, the iNature adheres to the aim of promoting China's academic progress. Instead of publishing comments on relevant websites every day like some people, it is better to give scholars a picture duplicate checking tool. In the future, it can prevent the reuse of pictures, greatly improve the academic ecology and increase the efficiency of the use of national scientific research funds.

Q2, why is the price so low?

iNature editor-in-chief dr. liu pan:The reuse of pictures is the main reason for the withdrawal of manuscripts by Chinese scholars, which plagues many scientific research scholars and causes the loss of hundreds of millions of scientific research funds every year. We estimated that the price of iFigures single picture can be as low as 0.05 yuan each time it is checked, which is less than 1 ‰ on the market. We hope that everyone can have a iFigures, which can be used for data internal control before the article is published. When the article is published, it can be used as duplicate checking software to prevent the reuse of pictures, so as to truly realize zero duplication of pictures in scholars' articles, reduce the rate of withdrawal of articles, and make the use of national scientific research funds more efficient.

Q3. Why can the iNature editorial department launch the picture duplication checking software?

iNature editor-in-chief dr. liu pan:There are many picture-checking companies on the market, with uneven quality and mixed eyes, all for profit. The iNature adheres to the principle of contributing its own strength to China's academic progress and does not aim at making money. As soon as the picture duplication checking software (which has applied for software copyright/patent) comes out, it is easy to have a cracked version, but the iFigures price is so low that even if it is cracked, it cannot be profitable. The editorial department of the iNature has a strong team of software engineers who continuously iterate and iFigrues the software, so that the iFigrues software function is always in the industry leader; the fastest 3 years, iFigures software will achieve free use of all scholars, resulting in a lack of motivation for companies to crack the software.

Q4. Why is it that only the iNature editorial department is most likely to eliminate the reuse of pictures by Chinese scholars?

iNature editor-in-chief dr. liu pan:

[1]iNature Matrix has the largest group of scholars in China (with more than 3 million users), especially scholars related to biomedicine (90% of the retracted articles are in the biomedical field);

[2]iNature Matrix is the earliest new media focusing on scientific research integrity in China, and its software launch is in line with our previous work;

[3] There is a strong team of engineers behind the iNature editorial department, which can continuously update the iterative iFigures software to completely solve the reuse of pictures;

[4] The editorial department of the iNature is willing to sacrifice its own interests, provide services for the majority of scholars at a low price, and make greater contributions to the zero repetition of articles and pictures.

Q5. How to build the whole image duplication database?

iNature editor-in-chief dr. liu pan:According to the long-term accumulation of scientific research integrity experience, the editorial department of the iNature takes 1500 magazines as the parent database (magazines with withdrawn articles) and more than 30000 other magazines as the sub-libraries. Through AI intelligent operation, the editorial department classifies pictures by category, country, author, unit, etc. to build a picture database, laying the foundation for the complete eradication of paper factories.

Q6. What is the detection rate of pictures?

iNature editor-in-chief dr. liu pan:Generally speaking, as long as the original picture is provided, the detection rate exceeds 95%, whether it is micrograph, cell clone test photo, cell migration photo, electron microscope photo, western blot (complete western blot membrane) photo and overall tissue and other types of pictures, it is as stable as ever.

 
Q7. iFigures the software is launched, will there be a large number of repeated reports of pictures?

iNature editor-in-chief dr. liu pan:Our original intention is to prevent the reuse of pictures in the future, especially the paper factory; in addition, we will also take relevant preventive measures in the software, so that everyone can use iFigures software more standardized and better serve the academic circle.

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