Imagetwin is now integrated into CACTUS solutions via API, delivering automated image integrity checks directly within research and publishing workflows.
CACTUS evaluated multiple providers in the space and selected Imagetwin based on detection quality, scalability, and ease of integration. The partnership allows their customers to screen figures for duplication, manipulation, plagiarism, and AI-generated content without adding extra steps to their process.
This matters because image-related issues are frequent, harder to detect manually, and often discovered too late. With Imagetwin embedded into CACTUS workflows, teams can:
- Detect duplicated and manipulated images automatically
- Identify plagiarised figures across and within publications
- Flag AI-generated or altered visuals
- Run checks early, before editorial decisions are made
The goal is simple: move image integrity from reactive investigation to standard workflow. As Akhilesh Ayer, CEO, Cactus Communications shares:
“As part of our commitment to upholding integrity of research, we are focused on embedding advanced capabilities directly into workflows to address integrity challenges early-on and more consistently. Our partnership with Imagetwin is an important step in enabling more reliable and scalable integrity practices across the publishing ecosystem.”
Nishchay Shah, Group CTO and EVP, Products & AI, Cactus Communications, adds:
“Handling integrity concerns, including images, has become central to scholarly publishing, and it requires a different level of analysis beyond conventional checks. This deep integration of Imagetwin strengthens Paperpal Preflight as a holistic integrity assessment solution, enabling automated, high-precision integrity screening that operates seamlessly at scale, within existing workflows.”
Patrick Starke, Imagetwin Co-Founder shares a similar opinion:
“Image integrity should not rely on manual checks. The volume of submissions and the level of manipulation have already surpassed that approach. What matters now is infrastructure. With CACTUS, we are making image integrity a standard part of the process. That’s the shift the industry requires.”
About CACTUS
CACTUS is a global technology company focused on improving how research gets funded, published, communicated, and discovered. Founded in 2002, it provides expert services and AI-driven products to millions of researchers worldwide through brands like Editage, Paperpal, Mind the Graph, and R Discovery. With a presence across the US, UK, India, Japan, South Korea, China, and Singapore, CACTUS supports research communities in more than 190 countries.