KGL Wins ISMTE 2025 People’s Choice Award for Most Innovative Idea with Smart Review™ Editorial Integrity Platform

Glen Allen, VA—August 13, 2025— KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL) is honored to announce that its Smart Review™ editorial integrity platform has been awarded the ISMTE 2025 People’s Choice Award for Most Innovative Idea at the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada.

The recognition celebrates Smart Review’s transformative impact on peer review workflows by automating critical checks, integrating cutting-edge research integrity tools, and streamlining editorial processes to ensure accuracy, quality, and efficiency at scale.

Erin Landis, KGL’s Director of Editorial, presented during the conference’s Innovation Session, impressing attendees with Smart Review’s ability to detect signs of research fraud, identify duplicated images from a database of over 75 million published figures, and ensure compliance with journal and funder data policies. She also accepted the coveted ISMTE “capybara” trophy on behalf of KGL.

“Winning the People’s Choice Award is a testament to the real-world impact Smart Review makes on the peer review process,” said Erin Landis. “The team, particularly my editorial colleague, Alexandra Kahler and our third-party integration partners, designed it to address growing threats to research integrity while simplifying and accelerating how editorial professionals process submissions, and this recognition from our peers affirms that mission.”

Smart Review integrates seamlessly with leading manuscript management systems and third-party technologies such as ImageTwin, Clear Skies’ Papermill Alarm and DataSeer’s SnapShot tool, offering a flexible and future-ready framework to adapt to evolving publishing standards and best practices. By combining structured editorial checklists, automated analysis, and advanced fraud detection, the platform empowers editorial teams to maintain the highest levels of research integrity with confidence.

This year’s conference was especially memorable for Erin Landis, who was also honored in person for receiving the 2024 Jason Roberts Founder’s Award. The award, presented annually by ISMTE, recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the organization and to the editorial community at large. Erin’s leadership, advocacy for editorial best practices, and dedication to supporting editors worldwide have made her a respected figure across the industry.

For more information about Smart Review, visit kwglobal.com/research-integrity.

About KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.

KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL) is the premier industry provider of editorial, peer review, production, consulting, online hosting, institutional sales, association management, and transformative solutions for every stage of the content lifecycle. KGL serves the STEM/HSS, educational publishing, and eLearning markets from content creation through distribution of print and digital products. A division of CJK Group, Inc., KGL unites content and technology expertise with over 200 years of experience serving the publishing market and is powered by state-of-the-art, intelligent solutions and integrated services including Smart Publish, PubFactory, and Accucoms. For more information, please visit www.kwglobal.com.

Media Contact: Mike Groth, Director of Marketing, KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd., mike.groth@kwglobal.com