Clear Skies and DataSeer, developers of AI-powered solutions for research integrity and transparency in scholarly publishing, are thrilled to announce a new collaboration with the digital publishing and platform provider HighWire Press, the platforms division of MPS Limited.
The collaboration will focus on integrating Clear Skies and DataSeer technologies into HighWire’s DigiCore Pro peer review and publishing platform, enabling journal teams to identify issues related to research integrity and transparency and provide feedback – saving staff time and effort, and supporting high-quality, trustworthy scholarly communications.
DigiCorePro is a next-generation publishing workflow solution that places scholarly content at the center of the publishing workflow, eliminating inefficiencies and accelerating the speed of delivery. By leveraging a modern modular architecture, the system integrates cutting-edge microservices and APIs, enabling seamless communication between modules and third-party systems. Within the system, Clear Skies’ Papermill Alarm will provide publishers with powerful solutions to detect and mitigate fraudulent submissions, while DataSeer’s SnapShot scans for research integrity and policy compliance and provides authors with automated support when needed. Together, the tools represent the best streamlined technology solution to:
- Enhance compliance with publisher and funder requirements for data sharing, code sharing preprints, and reporting
- Improved detection of research integrity issues
- Author-facing coaching and support, and positive reinforcement for a job well-done
- Rapid results and greater workflow efficiency for publishers
“DataSeer and Clear Skies take complementary approaches to addressing research integrity concerns at scale. Working together allows us to offer publishers a simple, holistic solution,” said Adam Day, CEO and founder of Clear Skies.
“DataSeer and Clear Skies are tackling integrity from two different angles. Clear Skies focuses on identifying fraud and fakery, DataSeer on supporting transparency and integrity. Together, we’re a very effective toolkit for promoting high quality research” agreed Tim Vines, CEO and founder of DataSeer.
This partnership underscores both organizations’ shared commitment to innovation in scholarly publishing, empowering publishers to build trust and maintain excellence in an ever-evolving research landscape and support publisher efforts to enhance transparency, meet funder mandates, and drive reproducibility across scholarly outputs.
“This is an exciting partnership as it furthers our goal to offer best-of-breed solutions to our clients through our DigiCorePro workflow solution,” says Tony Alves, SVP of Product Management at HighWire. “Both Clear Skies and DataSeer are well known and highly respected organizations that are committed to ensuring research integrity. Integrating Papermill Alarm and SnapShot into our platforms hugely benefits our publishing partners.”
