Recommendations for Handling Image Integrity Issues
Tony Alves · Science Editor · 2022
MODERATOR: Teodoro Pulvirenti Director of Publishing Integrity and Partner Services American Chemical Society SPEAKERS: Sowmya Swaminathan Head of Editorial Policy and Research Integrity Nature Portfolio Springer Nature Bernd Pulverer Head of Scientific Publications EMBO Catriona Fennell Director of Publishing Services Elsevier Jana Christopher Image Integrity Analyst FEBS Press REPORTER: Tony Alves Highwire Press The session, “Recommendations for Handling Image Integrity Issue,” was Moderated by Teodoro Pulvirenti, Director of Publishing Integrity and Partner Services at the American Chemical Society, and started with a panel discussion on the work of the STM Standards and Technology Committee (STEC) Working Group in Image Alterations and Duplications.1 The panel included Sowmya Swaminathan, Head of Editorial Policy and Research Integrity at Springer Nature; Bernd Pulverer, Head of Scientific Publications, EMBO; and Catriona Fennell, Director of Publishing Services at Elsevier. The panel discussion was followed by a presentation on how to identify image integrity issues by Jana Christopher, Image Integrity Analyst at FEBS Press. The panel discussion started with Fennell reviewing the history and objectives of the Working Group on Image Alterations and Duplications, an initiative launched by the STEC at STM. The working group was established to answer shared questions that many publishers had around image issues, and to identify tools that could be used to detect image manipulation before publication. The working group created a list of recommendations for editors and journal staff handling image integrity issues based on the collective experience of the working group. The hope is that these guidelines will be complimentary […]