Research ArticleOpen Accessdoi:10.55120/plascipub.2026.1

Publish good science faster, with integrity at every step.

Submission Desk¹, Reviewer Match², AI Integrity Check³, Editorial Board⁴, Production Line⁵, Journal Site⁶, Citation Stats⁷

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Abstract

Plascipub runs your journal from submission to publication. It checks manuscripts for similarity, image problems and reference errors with AI, suggests qualified reviewers without conflicts, gives editors one workspace for decisions, and publishes with DOIs on a ready journal website.

Keywords: peer review; research integrity; reviewer matching; journal management; DOI registration; open access publishing

Start a journal free Read Figure 1

Highlights

Four integrity checks run on every manuscript at submission.
Reviewers suggested with conflicts of interest screened first.
Accepted papers reach a DOI and a live article page without leaving the platform.
Editors make every decision. AI only reports what it finds.

52 days: submission to published DOI in Figure 1
4 checks: similarity, images, references and AI text
50: free submissions to start a journal
0: manuscripts used to train AI models

Figure 1.Manuscript JMS-2026-0418, "Soil microbiome shifts under drip irrigation", moving through one journal on Plascipub.

Inset aSubmission Desk

J. Soil Microbial Sci./New submissionComplete

JMS-2026-0418

Soil microbiome shifts under drip irrigation

Research Article · 4 authors · Corresponding: Dr. A. Rao

Main manuscript24 pages · DOCX
Figures6 files · TIFF 600 dpi
References58 entries parsed
Ethics statementNot applicable: field study, no human or animal subjects
Funding declaration2 funders matched to the funder registry
Competing interestsNone declared by 4 of 4 authors
Data availabilityRepository link verified

Submitted 14 Mar 2026, 10:42Submit to editorial office

Submission to publication: 52 days

Written for

Universities
Research institutes
Scholarly societies
Independent journal publishers
Conference organizers

Submission Desk¹

Most desk rejections for technical reasons are not about the science. A missing ethics statement, an unsigned competing-interest form or figures at screen resolution send a manuscript back before an editor has read a word.

Submission Desk checks the package while the author is still at their desk. Files, declarations, ethics and funding statements are confirmed in minutes, and the editorial office receives manuscripts that are ready to read.

Guided upload with your journal's own article types
ORCID sign-in and co-author confirmation
Funder registry matching for every grant

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J. Soil Microbial Sci./New submissionComplete

JMS-2026-0418

Soil microbiome shifts under drip irrigation

Research Article · 4 authors · Corresponding: Dr. A. Rao

Main manuscript24 pages · DOCX
Figures6 files · TIFF 600 dpi
References58 entries parsed
Ethics statementNot applicable: field study, no human or animal subjects
Funding declaration2 funders matched to the funder registry
Competing interestsNone declared by 4 of 4 authors
Data availabilityRepository link verified

Submitted 14 Mar 2026, 10:42Submit to editorial office

Figure 2. The completeness check on submission. Every required item is confirmed before the manuscript reaches the editorial office.

AI Integrity Check³

Every manuscript is screened on arrival for text similarity, duplicated or altered image panels, references that cannot be found or have been retracted, and indicators of AI-generated text.

The result is a single report written for editors. Each flag shows its evidence and its limits, so the handling editor can judge context: an author reusing their own cited methods text is not the same as copied results.

Similarity with source and section breakdown
Panel-level image duplication and manipulation checks
Reference existence and retraction lookup

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J. Soil Microbial Sci./JMS-2026-0418/Integrity report2 items to verify

9%similarity

Text similarityMethods section, authors' own prior work, cited

Low

Image check6 figures, 31 panels: no duplicated or altered panels

Clear

Reference check2 of 58 references not found; author asked to verify

Verify

AI-text indicatorsLow signal. Shown for context, never a basis on its own

Context

Figure 3. An integrity report. Flags are evidence for the editor to weigh; none of them decides the outcome.

Reviewer Match²

Finding two willing, qualified reviewers is often the slowest step in peer review. Reviewer Match reads the manuscript's topic and methods and suggests researchers whose publication record fits.

Before an invitation goes out, it screens for co-authorship, shared affiliations and recent collaboration. Invitations, reminders and due dates are then tracked without a spreadsheet.

Suggestions ranked by topic and method fit
Conflict of interest screening on every candidate
Automatic reminders and reviewer workload view

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J. Soil Microbial Sci./JMS-2026-0418/Reviewer MatchNo conflicts found

Reviewer	Expertise	Match	Status
Dr. R. Iyer	Rhizosphere ecology · 41 papers	94	Invited
Prof. M. Okafor	Irrigation hydrology · 63 papers	91	Accepted
Dr. L. Brandt	16S amplicon methods · 28 papers	89	Accepted
Dr. S. Nakamura	Soil carbon cycling · 37 papers	86	Suggested
Dr. A. Castillo	Agro-ecosystems · 22 papers	83	Suggested

Co-authorship, shared affiliation and grant overlap checked for the last 5 years.

Figure 4. Suggested reviewers for JMS-2026-0418, with match scores and invitation status.

Editorial Board⁴

Editors-in-chief, section editors and managing editors work from one workspace. Assignments, reviews, revision rounds and decision letters sit on the same manuscript record.

Single-blind, double-blind and open review are configured per journal, and each role sees only what it should.

Queue by stage, age and handling editor
Decision letter templates with your journal's voice
Full audit trail for every manuscript

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J. Soil Microbial Sci./Editor workspace4 in your queue

29 dMedian to first decision

1Reviews overdue

31%Accept rate, 12 mo

Manuscript	Stage	Age
JMS-2026-0418 Soil microbiome shifts under drip irrigation	Reviews in	Day 31
JMS-2026-0422 Nitrogen fixation in intercropped millets	Awaiting reviewers	Day 6
JMS-2026-0409 Biochar and fungal network recovery	Revision due	Day 58
JMS-2026-0401 Metagenomes of saline paddy soils	Ready to decide	Day 47

Figure 5. The editor workspace, with time to first decision and the manuscripts that need attention today.

Production Line and Journal Site⁵

Accepted manuscripts move to copyediting, typesetting and author proofs without leaving the platform. Authors mark corrections on the proof itself, and articles are output as PDF, HTML and JATS XML.

DOIs are registered with full metadata on publication, and each article appears on a ready journal website with issues, archives, author guidelines and search.

Proof corrections tracked line by line
Batch DOI deposits with ORCID and funder IDs
Your domain, your branding, your masthead

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J. Soil Microbial Sci./JMS-2026-0418/Author proof3 corrections

J. Soil Microbial Sci. 8(3) · Rao et al.2. Materials and methods Figure 2

p. 4, l. 12Change "emitter" to "emitters"
Fig. 2Axis label units: g kg⁻¹
Ref. 31Updated to published version

Figure 6. An author proof with corrections pinned to page and line.

Citation Stats⁷

Publishing is the start of a paper's life. Citation Stats reports downloads, citations and indexing coverage by article, issue and volume, ready for editorial board meetings and society reports.

Downloads and citations by article and issue
Indexing coverage across services
CSV export for annual reports

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J. Soil Microbial Sci./Citation StatsLast 12 months

48,210Downloads

1,936Citations

117Countries reached

Figure 7. Downloads by month for one journal over twelve months.

Table 1

What each integrity check looks for, and who decides

Check	Looks for	Editor sees	Who decides
Text similarity	Overlap with published literature, preprints and the web	Percentage by source and by section	Handling editor
Image integrity	Duplicated, rotated, spliced or altered figure panels	Matched panel pairs with the transformation found	Handling editor, with authors' original images
Reference check	References that cannot be found or have been retracted	Each reference with its lookup result	Author verifies, editor confirms
AI-text indicators	Statistical patterns associated with generated text	A low, medium or high signal with its uncertainty	Editor, alongside the journal's AI policy

Note. Results are attached to the manuscript record and visible only to the editorial roles your journal allows.

Ethics statement

How AI is used on Plascipub, in five sentences.

Read the Responsible AI Policy

1
Editors decide
AI checks flag possible problems. Editors investigate and decide. A flag is never treated as proof of misconduct.
2
Signals, not verdicts
AI-text indicators are uncertain signals and are never the sole basis for rejection.
3
Manuscripts stay confidential
Unpublished manuscripts are never used to train AI models or shown to anyone outside the editorial process.
4
Review models respected
Reviewer identities are protected according to your journal's single-blind, double-blind or open review model.
5
Your policies first
Plascipub supports your ethics policies and guidance from bodies such as COPE. It does not replace them.

Article types

Priced per submission, like the work itself.

Three plans named after the papers you publish. Every journal starts free for its first 50 submissions.

Letter$6per submissionOne journal, up to 200 submissions a year.Compare plans Research Article$14per submissionUp to 5 journals, with integrity checks, reviewer matching and production.Compare plans Review CollectionCustomvolume pricingPublishers and universities with many journals.Compare plans

Supplementary material

Questions editors ask us first.

If yours is not here, the editorial office answers within one working day.

S1Does the AI decide whether a paper is accepted?

No. Editors do. AI Integrity Check and Reviewer Match report what they find with the evidence behind it. Every desk decision, reviewer invitation and final decision is made by a person on your editorial board.

S2Can we keep our journal's own branding?

Yes. Your journal site uses your title, masthead, cover, colours and domain. Emails to authors and reviewers are sent in your journal's name, and Plascipub stays in the background.

S3Does it support double-blind review?

Yes. Each journal chooses single-blind, double-blind or open review. Under double-blind review, author and reviewer identities are masked from each other and identifying metadata is removed from files sent to reviewers.

S4Can we register DOIs?

Yes. DOIs are registered on publication with full metadata, including ORCID iDs, funder IDs, licence and references. You can use your existing DOI prefix, and registration fees are passed through at cost.

S5Can we move our back issues?

Yes. We import past volumes, issues and articles with their PDFs and metadata, keep existing DOIs pointing to the right pages, and set up redirects from your old article URLs.

S6How long does setup take?

A new journal can take submissions within a week. Moving an established journal with back issues usually takes two to four weeks, depending on the size of the archive and the system you are leaving.

S7Are unpublished manuscripts used to train AI?

No. Unpublished manuscripts are confidential. They are never used to train AI models and are never shown to anyone outside your journal's editorial process.

Acknowledgements

Every journal on Plascipub starts the same way: one letter, fifty free submissions, and an editorial office ready the same week.

50: submissions free, no card needed
1 week: typical setup for a new journal

Ref. PLS-ACC-2026Decision: Accept

Dear Editor, we are pleased to accept your journal.

Your submissions, reviews, integrity checks, proofs and DOIs can live in one place from today. No revisions required. Start free, bring your back issues when you are ready, and keep your own branding throughout.

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With best wishes for your next issue,The Plascipub editorial office

Publish good science faster, with integrity at every step.

Abstract

Highlights

Soil microbiome shifts under drip irrigation

Submission Desk1

Soil microbiome shifts under drip irrigation

AI Integrity Check3

Reviewer Match2

Editorial Board4

Production Line and Journal Site5

Citation Stats7

What each integrity check looks for, and who decides

How AI is used on Plascipub, in five sentences.

Editors decide

Signals, not verdicts

Manuscripts stay confidential

Review models respected

Your policies first

Priced per submission, like the work itself.

Questions editors ask us first.

Dear Editor, we are pleased to accept your journal.

Submission Desk¹

AI Integrity Check³

Reviewer Match²

Editorial Board⁴

Production Line and Journal Site⁵

Citation Stats⁷