Ingredient chains (c2pa.ingredient)
Preprint, accepted manuscript, and version of record link cryptographically, so anyone can check which version they are reading and where it came from.
C2PA for Academic Publishing
How journals use C2PA manifests to protect the version of record, link revisions cryptographically, and label AI-generated material in submissions.
The problem
Why journals need provenance
Paper mills, manipulated figures, and undisclosed AI-written submissions are eroding trust in the scholarly record. Once a PDF leaves your platform, nothing distinguishes the version of record from an altered copy. Retractions rarely propagate to the copies researchers actually cite.
What you get
What C2PA gives academic publishers
C2PA text manifests
Abstracts and full text carry publisher identity and timestamps of their own, so provenance survives text extraction and aggregation. The PDF container is no longer the only thing signed.
digitalSourceType disclosure
Machine-readable labels distinguish human-authored, AI-assisted, and AI-generated material, turning a submission disclosure policy into something editors can check.
Standards-based proof
The official C2PA Conforming Products List records Encypher as a conformant generator product at assurance Level 1, with generation and validation coverage across 20 media types (conformance dated May 26, 2026). Encypher's claim-signing and timestamp authorities appear on the official C2PA Trust Lists. That matters when claims about the integrity of the scholarly record need to stand on tested infrastructure.
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See it on your own content
The version of record stays verifiable wherever the file travels.