Software that helps publishers and universities detect fake peer reviews, citation coercion and paper-mill activity.
Academic peer-review integrity & provenance service
Nature reports peer-review fraud is creating visible pain for publishers, making research-integrity software feel newly urgent and publicly legible. That public legibility and urgency mean publishers and universities have a clear reason to look at tools that detect fake referee reports, citation coercion and paper-mill activity.
Projected Score
as a side gig ☆☆☆☆☆ (0/5)
no money or audience ★☆☆☆☆ (1/5)
with both ★★★☆☆ (3/5)
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The news behind it
- Aug 3, 2026 Nature: ‘A waste of time for all of us’: caught in the crossfire of the peer-review wars
