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Chennai  
Integra has been named a finalist for the 2026 EPIC Awards, presented by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP). EditorialPilot has been nominated for consideration in the Author Tools Feature category, which honors tools that support authors throughout the publishing journey, from manuscript preparation to submission and promotion. These may include editing platforms, formatting tools, journal finders, and post-publication services. 

EditorialPilot is designed to help editorial teams improve manuscript readiness before submission by identifying technical, language, and compliance gaps early in the process.

By providing structured, actionable feedback aligned to journal requirements, the platform enables editorial teams teams to submit higher-quality manuscripts, reducing revisions and accelerating editorial decisions. 

Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Vice President – Growth & Strategy at Integra, said: 

“Editoral teams today are managing increasing submission volumes alongside rising expectations around quality and research integrity. With EditorialPilot, our focus has been to support editoral teams by equipping authors with clear, actionable guidance before submission. This helps improve manuscript readiness, reduce avoidable revisions, and ease the burden on editorial teams, allowing editorial teams to focus their time and attention on high-quality, decision-ready submissions. Being recognized by SSP as a finalist is a strong validation of our commitment to strengthening the editorial process without compromising rigor or standards.” 

The EPIC Awards program recognizes and celebrates remarkable teams and individuals in the publishing, information technology, and communications sectors for their significant contributions to scholarly communication through innovation, creativity, and dedication. By highlighting exceptional work in five key categories—Tools and Products, Publications, Marketing, Media, and Initiatives—the program sets a standard for excellence, encouraging others in the industry to push boundaries and achieve new heights. 

The EPIC Awards Celebration and Dinner will be held on May 28, 2026, during the SSP Annual Meeting in Chula Vista, CA, where finalists will be recognized and winners in each category will be announced. For more information about the awards, please visit SSP’s website. 

About Integra  

Integra is a global technology and content solutions provider supporting publishers, associations, and enterprises across the scholarly, educational, and professional content ecosystem. With expertise spanning digital content transformation, accessibility, editorial and production services, AI-enabled workflows, and platform engineering, Integra partners with organizations to improve quality, efficiency, and reach. 

With a strong focus on innovation and responsible practices, Integra integrates technology, domain expertise, and inclusive workforce strategies to deliver scalable solutions. Its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility is embedded across its operations, enabling the creation of a resilient, future-ready workforce while contributing to a more inclusive global knowledge ecosystem.

Chennai

Integra, a global leader in publishing and digital content solutions, and Aries Systems Corporation, a leading provider of workflow management technologies for the scholarly publishing community, are pleased to announce their partnership to automate manuscript screening within the editorial workflow. 

Manuscript screening at initial triage is highly manual, repetitive, and time-consuming – placing growing pressure and workload on the editorial teams. In addition to ensuring articles meet technical and quality standards, scholarly journals must also contend with increasing submission volumes and more sophisticated forms of research fraud. These challenges can lead to expensive workflow delays and increase the risk of problematic content progressing through the editorial process. To offer publishers an automated solution, Aries Systems and Integra have partnered to integrate EditorialPilot, an AI-powered manuscript screening platform, with Editorial Manager® (EM), the leading submission and peer review tracking system. 

Upon submission in EM, EditorialPilot’s automatically performs a range of technical, language, and research integrity checks tailored to each journal’s screening requirements. Editors can seamlessly access the EditorialPilot report directly within their existing workflow in EM – providing clear, actionable insights on potential concerns or areas for improvement. By enabling efficient quality and integrity checks at scale, this integration supports informed decisions at the editorial office and the publication of trustworthy scholarship. 

“Aries is dedicated to connecting publishers with the tools they need to succeed through our ecosystem of integrated technologies,” said Pierre Montagano, Aries Director of Business Development. “Our collaboration with Integra transforms the screening stage of the editorial workflow, saving journals valuable time through seamless automation. Leveraging AI and robust platforms, this cutting-edge integration identifies problematic papers early and protects journals from expensive retractions.” 

“Editorial teams are are managing unprecedented submission volumes while navigating increasingly complex research integrity challenges,” said Ashutosh Ghildiyal, VP – Growth & Strategy at Integra. “Integrating EditorialPilot with Editorial Manager allows journals to bring automated technical, language, and integrity checks directly into the submission workflow. Together, we are helping journals streamline informed decision-making, scale operations without compromising on quality or trust, and maintain the rigor that scholarly publishing demands.” 

The Editorial Manager/EditorialPilot integration is now available! For more information, contact the Integra team at connect@integra.co.in.  

About Integra | www.integranxt.com 

Integra is a global provider of publishing services and digital content solutions supporting scholarly, professional, and educational publishers. Guided by its mission to enable global publishers to accelerate knowledge transformation by leveraging emerging technologies and deep domain expertise, Integra works with clients worldwide to strengthen publishing operations and support the creation and dissemination of high-quality scholarly and educational content. 

About Aries Systems | www.ariessys.com 

Aries Systems transforms and revolutionizes the delivery of high-value content to the world. We are committed to providing highly customizable, flexible, and innovative workflow solutions designed to help enhance the discovery and dissemination of human knowledge. Publish faster, publisher smarter, with Aries Systems.

Chennai, India 

Integra Software Services Private Limited is proud to be Certified™by Great Place To Work® for 2026, marking the second year in a row the company has earned this recognition. This prestigious Certification is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Integra. 

Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and leadership behaviors proven to drive sustained business performance, innovation, and employee retention. 

“At Great Place To Work®, we believe that a great workplace is built through trust, purpose, and a people-first approach. By earning this Certification again, Integra has demonstrated its continued commitment to creating a culture where employees feel valued, empowered, and supported. This milestone reflects the strength of their people practices and the trust they have cultivated across the organization,” said Balbir Singh, CEO, Great Place To Work® India. 

Commenting on the achievement, Kavitha Jayasankar, Vice President – HR, said: 

“Being certified as a Great Place To Work® for the second year in a row is deeply meaningful to us. This recognition belongs to every Integrite. It reflects the trust, collaboration, integrity, and care that our teams bring to work every day. Our culture is built by our people, and this certification validates the environment we are committed to nurturing, one where individuals can grow, feel respected, and do their best work.” 

Integra’s employee experience is anchored in a strong sense of purpose, inclusive leadership, and a culture of continuous listening and improvement. The organization actively invests in employee growth, wellbeing, collaboration, and equitable opportunities, ensuring that people feel heard, supported, and empowered across all stages of their careers. 

According to Great Place To Work® research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great manager at a Certified™ workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified organizations are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work and are twice as likely to feel they are treated fairly in terms of pay, recognition, and career growth. 

We’re Hiring! 

Looking to grow your career at a company that truly puts its people first? 
Explore opportunities at Integra by visiting: https://integranxt.com/career/

About Integra 

Integra is a global provider of content, technology, and digital services, partnering with organizations across scholarly publishing, education, and information-driven industries. With a strong focus on quality, integrity, and innovation, Integra combines deep domain expertise with scalable solutions to help clients achieve operational excellence and long-term growth. At the heart of Integra’s success is a people-first culture that values trust, collaboration, and continuous learning. 

About Great Place To Work® 

Backed by over 30 years of research and data, Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Through its proprietary For All™ Model and Trust Index™ Survey, it helps organizations measure and improve employee experience. Great Place To Work® Certification™ and Best Workplaces™ Lists are widely recognized benchmarks for excellence in people practices, helping organizations attract talent, strengthen culture, and drive business performance across more than 150 countries worldwide. 

Learn more at www.greatplacetowork.in. 

Chennai, India and San Diego, USA

Integra and SciScore, a product of SciCrunch Inc., today announced a strategic partnership to integrate SciScore’s automated methods assessment technology into EditorialPilot, Integra’s AI-powered manuscript screening and editorial workflow platform. This collaboration brings standardized rigor and transparency checks directly into the daily workflows of editorial teams, helping publishers evaluate methods reporting more consistently and efficiently.

The integration strengthens EditorialPilot’s existing suite of more than 40 automated checks covering technical compliance, language, structure, and research integrity. With SciScore embedded, editorial teams can systematically assess the completeness and clarity of methods reporting, including key rigor criteria and the identification of research resources using Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) for critical materials such as antibodies, cell lines, organisms, and software.

By combining EditorialPilot’s workflow intelligence with SciScore’s domain-leading methods analysis, the partnership enables publishers to:

• Identify gaps in methods reporting early in the editorial process
• Improve consistency and transparency in experimental documentation
• Reduce revision cycles caused by unclear or incomplete methods
• Strengthen confidence in editorial and peer review decisions
• Improve editorial throughput through faster triage and earlier issue detection

Advancing rigor within existing editorial workflows, without added friction

EditorialPilot integrates SciScore insights into a unified dashboard, allowing editors to view actionable feedback alongside other manuscript screening results. This approach preserves the central role of human editorial judgment while enabling consistent application of reporting standards at scale.

“Improving how methods are reported is fundamental to advancing reproducible science,” said Dr. Anita Bandrowski, Founder and CEO of SciCrunch. “SciScore enables rigor at a scale that manual review cannot sustain. By integrating SciScore into EditorialPilot, every submission receives a structured and objective assessment of its methods, reducing editorial burden while raising the overall quality and transparency of the scientific record.”

“Editors today face a dual challenge of managing growing submission volumes while maintaining increasingly high standards of integrity,” said Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Vice President of Growth and Strategy at Integra. “Through this partnership with SciScore, we are strengthening EditorialPilot’s ability to help editors identify reporting gaps early and guide authors toward clearer, more reproducible science. Together, we are enabling a practical and scalable approach to operationalising research rigor.”

A shared commitment to transparency and responsible data handling

The integration is delivered through a secure API architecture and follows strict data governance practices, including data minimisation, encryption in transit, and time-bound deletion of full-text methods data. Both organizations remain committed to supporting publishers, scholarly societies, and research organizations in raising standards for transparency and reproducibility in scholarly communication.

Publishers can now enable SciScore within EditorialPilot to support improved rigor and transparency in methods reporting.

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About Integra

Integra is a global provider of content services and publishing technology for scholarly and educational publishers worldwide. With deep expertise across the publishing lifecycle, Integra enables editorial teams to scale efficiently while safeguarding quality and integrity. EditorialPilot, its flagship AI-powered platform, streamlines manuscript screening, supports research integrity workflows, and helps publishers reduce turnaround times while improving decision confidence.

Learn more at: integranxt.com | editorialpilot.integranxt.com

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About SciScore

SciCrunch Inc. is home to platforms like the Resource Identification Initiative, the Antibody Registry, and SciScore. We know the “ingredients” that go into your scientific paper and we work closely with the research community. SciScore won the 2022 Vesalius Innovation Award runner-up prize and was a 2020 ALPSP Innovation Award finalist. For more information,

Learn more at: https://www.scicrunch.com/about-us   

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Sruthi Santhakumar
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Sruthi.Santhakumar@integra.co.in
Chennai One IT Park, Floor 2, Module 8
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Chennai 600097, India

SciCrunch Inc. / SciScore

Contact Researchers: Anita Bandrowski | anita@scicrunch.com
Contact Media/Publishers: Martijn Roelandse | martijn@martijnroelandse.dev
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San Diego, CA 92192-8191
United States

Puducherry, India — Integra, a leading provider of publishing services and technology solutions, today announced an upcoming live panel discussion titled “Research Integrity in Action: Lessons, Challenges, and Solutions from the Frontline”. The event will take place on November 24, 2025, from 2:00–3:00 PM (UK Time) and will feature distinguished leaders from major scholarly publishers. 

The webinar will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming editorial and peer review workflows, and how publishers can ensure that technology strengthens, rather than undermines, research integrity and human judgment. 

Theme: 

Human Judgment Meets Machine Intelligence, Practical Pathways for Ethical, Scalable Editorial Workflows 

“As AI tools become integral to the publishing process, the industry must evolve to balance automation with trust, ethics, and editorial discernment,” said Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Vice President of Growth and Strategy at Integra, who will moderate the session. “This conversation brings together integrity leaders who are shaping how AI is responsibly deployed across global publishing ecosystems.” 

Panelists: 

• Christina Bennett, Editorial Director & Publisher, American Chemical Society 
• Marie Soulière, Head of Editorial Ethics and Quality Assurance, Frontiers 
• Tim Kersjes, Head of Research Integrity Resolutions, Springer Nature 
• Adya Misra, PhD, Associate Director, Research Integrity, SAGE Publishing 

Discussion Topics Will Include: 

• The evolving role of AI in pre-screening and integrity checks 
• Balancing machine-generated signals with human editorial validation 
• Whether AI truly saves time or simply shifts workload 
• Ethical considerations in reviewer assistance and AI-supported decisions 
• Future models of research communication in an AI-assisted landscape 

The session is designed for editors-in-chief, managing editors, peer review managers, ethics officers, and publishing leaders seeking actionable insights on integrating AI into editorial workflows without compromising integrity. 

Why Attend: 

Participants will gain a clear understanding of how AI can be applied responsibly to scale editorial operations, enhance research integrity, and support ethical publishing practices. The panel will also provide practical frameworks for implementing human-in-the-loop models that ensure transparency and trust. 

Event Details: 
📅 Date: Monday, November 24, 2025 
🕑 Time: 2:00–3:00 PM (UK Time) 
🎤 Format: Live Panel Discussion + Audience Q&A 
🎟️ Registration: https://my.demio.com/ref/Le01K39WKxPx8oBe 

About Integra 

Integra is a trusted partner to leading publishers and content providers worldwide, offering a unique blend of publishing expertise and AI-driven technology solutions. The company’s offerings span editorial and production services, research integrity solutions, and intelligent automation platforms that help publishers deliver content with confidence and efficiency.