Webinar

Why peer review is the wrong place to catch integrity issues

Date(s):

September 8, 2026

Location:

Virtual - 3 PM CEST / 9 AM ET

Website:

Peer review was built to evaluate science. Not to detect fraud. But that’s increasingly the job that reviewers are being asked to do, putting both them and the entire scholarly ecosystem under mounting pressures.

Forward-looking publishers are now exploring a different approach: moving integrity checks to pre-submission, where they can be automated and applied consistently before editors or reviewers begin their work.

In this webinar, you’ll learn about:

  • The three levels of fraudulent manipulation: papers, networks, systems.  
  • Your biggest threats, and what good upfront screening looks like.  
  • How to add checks without overhauling your existing editorial workflows. 

Speakers

Jade Holt - IOP Publishing

Jade Holt

Senior Peer Review Manager, IOP Publishing

Jade Holt is a Senior Peer Review Manager at IOP Publishing, specialising in peer review operations, research integrity, and scholarly publishing. She leads strategic initiatives that drive operational excellence, process innovation, and responsible adoption of emerging technologies.

Mary Miskin - Enago

Mary Miskin

Operations Director, Enago

Mary Miskin is Operations Director at Enago, where she takes responsibility for the strategic leadership of product operations.

Aashi - ASM

Aashi Chaturvedi

Senior Program Officer, Ethics & Integrity, ASM

Aashi Chaturvedi, Ph.D., is a Senior Program Officer for Ethics & Integrity at ASM. She works with editors across ASM’s journals on publication ethics and editorial policy development, with particular interests in image integrity, paper mills, and the responsible use of AI in scholarly publishing. She collaborates across publishing teams to develop workflows that help journals address integrity challenges in a practical and consistent way. Before joining ASM, she completed her Ph.D. in Oncological Sciences at the University of Utah and postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota. She received the 2024 ISMTE Early Career Award and is currently serving as the Chair of the ISMTE Ethics Committee. Outside of work, Aashi enjoys painting, reading and writing poetry, traveling, and unwinding with a good story, in whatever form it takes.

Moderator

  • Harry Foster, Product Manager at ChronosHub

    Harry Foster

    Product Manager

    haf@chronoshub.io

    Harry specializes in change management and project delivery as a Product Manager. His expertise lies in process efficiency and enhancing project performance across various initiatives.

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