Your guide on how to use Imagetwin

Step 1

Log into the Imagetwin app at https://app.imagetwin.ai/

Step 2

Drag and drop your file(s) into the dedicated area or click the area and choose a file through a file selection dialog.

Step 3

After reviewing the selected files, click “Scan” at the bottom of the page. There, you can also choose to save the scan for 30 days in the history tab (on top). Saved scans are only accessible and visible to you.

Step 4

Congratulations! The scan has been successfully completed. Here is what the result page will look like:

Step 5

This is where you can review each page. The app will show you where it has detected  duplicates within the paper you have uploaded or across other publications. By clicking on a finding, the detail view opens. The details view allows you to investigate the finding further and offers a forensic toolbox.

If the app has detected a duplicate within your publication, it will mark the area with a colored bounding box.
Duplicates across publications are shown in the detail view, including a reference to the external paper.

Other features

Splicing Detection

The software detects vertical splicing in gel band images, characterized by sharp edge transitions. Based on our detection model’s confidence, it will display scores from 0% (low) to 100% (high confidence). This is what the detail view looks like for splicing:

Summary Tab

Confidence Levels

The confidence score can be adjusted from 0% to 100% and reflects the likelihood of a duplicate being a research integrity issue. Scores are computed by our AI models based on the duplicate’s context: 

0–32% (Low): Likely a non-problematic duplicate and hidden by default.
33–65% (Fair): Likely a problematic case.
66–100% (High): Highly likely a problematic case.

Filters

On the left side of the results page and under the confidence score, you will find the filters. 

  1. Empty pages: Filter pages without findings
  2. Duplicates within pages: Filter duplicates that have been detected within your paper/document. 
  3. Duplicates across pages: Filter duplicates that have been detected across your paper/document. 
  4. Duplicates publications: Filter duplicates that have been detected across publications.
  5. Splicing: Filter splicing detections in gel band images (western blots)
In addition to these filters, you can also hide/show duplicates for each external paper where duplicates across publications were detected.

PDF Report

You can generate and download a PDF report after reviewing your results. With the eye icon right next to each finding, you can select what should or shouldn’t be in the report. You can write comments for each finding that will also be displayed in the report.

Organization Management

In case you are part of an organization, Admins and Superadmins will have access to an Organization Overview. You can open the overview on the top right side under your account.

As Admin, you can:

  • Access user overview
  • Access scan overview
  • Set usage alerts
  • Invite users to the organization
  • Remove users from the organization
  • Change user role from user to admin (as a Superadmin only)