eBook
Research Integrity Management: A Practical Framework for Modern Editorial Teams
Discover how leading publishers are turning research integrity from a reactive checkpoint into a scalable, hybrid system embedded across the editorial workflow. As submission volumes climb and misconduct grows more sophisticated, traditional integrity checks are no longer enough. This ebook shows how to combine technology and human judgment to protect trust, reduce risk, and keep editorial operations moving. Whether you manage a flagship title or a full journal portfolio, this guide helps you redesign research integrity as infrastructure—not an afterthought.
What you’ll learn
- Why research integrity is now a workflow problem as much as an ethics problem, and what that means for editorial leaders.
- How to move from isolated, checkpoint-based checks to a systemic, infrastructure-style model that runs across every submission.
- The changing nature of misconduct (from papermills to AI-generated content) and which risks are most likely to slip through conventional screening.
- A comprehensive screening protocol that covers citation integrity, plagiarism, ethics compliance, image and data integrity, authorship, AI use, and basic submission compliance.
- How to design a hybrid integrity framework where automation handles baseline checks and human experts focus on interpretation and decisions.
- A step-by-step editorial screening workflow that embeds integrity checks from desk review through to Editor‑in‑Chief decision.
- How to structure, staff, and train a high-performing integrity team—and decide between embedded, centralised, or hybrid models.
- Practical tactics to operationalise integrity at scale, including risk-based triage, documentation practices, and author communication that supports trust.