Manuscript Integrity & Quality Checks

Manuscript Integrity & Quality Checks

Academic publishing integrity is under greater scrutiny than ever before. Journals are deploying increasingly sophisticated tools to detect plagiarism, image manipulation, data fabrication, and undisclosed conflicts of interest. A single integrity failure can result in retraction, reputational damage, and institutional consequences.

Our integrity and quality check service provides a comprehensive pre-submission review — identifying and resolving any integrity risks in your manuscript before they are flagged by journal systems or peer reviewers.

What We Check

• Plagiarism detection using iThenticate — the gold-standard tool used by journals worldwide
• Self-plagiarism review — checking against your own previous publications
• Image integrity — checking for inappropriate manipulation of figures and micrographs
• Data consistency — cross-checking reported statistics against raw data and tables
• Reference accuracy — verifying that citations match their stated sources
• Author contribution statement completeness (CRediT taxonomy)
• Conflict of interest disclosure completeness
• Funding acknowledgement accuracy and completeness
• Ethical approval statement — IRB/ethics committee documentation
• Data availability statement — compliance with open science norms
• Informed consent documentation where required

Plagiarism Standards We Meet

We guarantee an iThenticate similarity score of under 15% overall, with no individual source exceeding 3%. These are the thresholds used by most Scopus and Web of Science journals as baseline acceptance criteria for integrity compliance.

If your manuscript exceeds these thresholds, we work with you to paraphrase, rewrite, and reframe the flagged sections — achieving compliance without compromising academic accuracy or losing important cited material.

What You Receive

• Full iThenticate similarity report with source-by-source breakdown
• Image integrity assessment report
• Data consistency audit summary
• Integrity compliance checklist — all items passed or flagged
• Recommended corrections for any flagged issues
• COPE-compliance declaration for submission

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