{"id":208,"date":"2025-12-05T17:29:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reciteworks.com\/blog\/?p=208"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:56:23","slug":"editor-in-chief-dr-michelle-preiksaitis-on-academic-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reciteworks.com\/blog\/editor-in-chief-dr-michelle-preiksaitis-on-academic-integrity\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor in Chief, Dr Michelle Preiksaitis, on academic integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How Recite helps to protect academic integrity &#8211; from the classroom to publication<\/h2>\n<p>Academic integrity is under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>From student essays to peer-reviewed journals, the challenge is the same &#8211; ensuring research is built on real, verifiable sources. <a href=\"https:\/\/reciteworks.com?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=dr-preiksaitis-interview&amp;utm_id=DrPreiksaitisInterview\">Recite<\/a> helps detect these problems across the board, supporting integrity from the classroom to publication.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video-container video-content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"On academic integrity: Interview with Dr Michelle Preiksaitis (Associate Professor &amp; EIC) #apa7\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/PLm8lvfqIpA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Teaching citation accuracy and research integrity<\/h3>\n<p>Dr Michelle Preiksaitis &#8211; University Associate Professor, Dissertation Coordinator and Journal Editor-in-Chief &#8211; uses Recite to help students understand why accurate citations matter.<\/p>\n<p>By identifying missing, incorrect, or unverifiable references, Recite helps students engage more critically with their sources. As a result, Dr Preiksaitis has seen <strong>paper quality improve by 25\u201350%<\/strong>, as students begin to understand how strong referencing underpins strong arguments.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing AI hallucinations in academic work<\/h3>\n<p>In the classroom, Dr Preiksaitis has already encountered AI-generated citations with fabricated journals, volumes, or DOIs.<\/p>\n<p>Recite flags these issues quickly, allowing educators to address them constructively and early.<\/p>\n<h3>Upholding journal standards during peer review<\/h3>\n<p>Dr Preiksaitis also uses Recite in her role as Editor-in-Chief.\u00a0This screening helps protect the journal&#8217;s credibility, checking every manuscript for citation accuracy, missing references, and valid DOIs.<\/p>\n<h3>One tool across the research lifecycle<\/h3>\n<p>What sets Recite apart is its ability to support teaching, dissertation supervision, library services, and editorial workflows. As Dr Preiksaitis summarises:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Recite helps students learn, helps educators stay diligent, and helps editors uphold credibility.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Strengthening academic credibility at every stage<\/h3>\n<p>From first draft to final publication, Recite helps ensure academic work is grounded in real, verifiable research. And with the added threat of AI use increasing across the board, this is coming to matter now more than ever.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/PLm8lvfqIpA\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the short clip with Dr Michelle Preiksaitis here <\/a>and don&#8217;t forget to check out our YouTube channel for our full how-to course to see how you can use Recite to its fullest <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@reciteworks\" target=\"_blank\">youtube.com\/@reciteworks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why not try out the tool for yourself too? We even have a handy <a href=\"https:\/\/reciteworks.com\/demo-paper?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=dr-preiksaitis-interview&amp;utm_id=DrPreiksaitisInterview\">demo paper<\/a> you can try out to see how Recite works to help bring peace of mind to <em>your<\/em> academic life.<\/p>\n<p>You can also learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/journal.coralsllc.com\/index.php\/CJAR\" rel=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Preiksaitis&#8217;s CORALS\u2019 Journal of Applied Research (C\u2019JAR)<\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Recite helps to protect academic integrity &#8211; from the classroom to publication Academic integrity is under pressure. From student essays to peer-reviewed journals, the challenge is the same &#8211; ensuring research is built on real, verifiable sources. Recite helps detect these problems across the board, supporting integrity from the classroom to publication. 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