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Best Practices for Using Artificial Intelligence Tools as an Author, Peer Reviewer, or Editor
Tiffany Leung;
Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso;
Amaryllis Mavragani;
Gunther Eysenbach
ABSTRACT
The ethics of generative AI usage in scientific manuscript content creation has become a serious matter of concern in the scientific publishing community. Generative AI has computationally become capable of elaborating research questions, refining programming code, generating text in scientific language, and generating images, graphics, or figures. However, this tool should be used with caution. In this Editorial, we outline the current state of editorial policies on generative AI or chatbot usage in authorship, peer review, and editorial processing of scientific and scholarly manuscripts. Additionally, we provide JMIR Publications editorial policy on these issues in this context. We further detail JMIR Publications approach to the applications of AI in the editorial process for manuscripts in review in a JMIR Publications journal.
Citation
Please cite as:
Leung T, de Azevedo Cardoso T, Mavragani A, Eysenbach G
Best Practices for Using AI Tools as an Author, Peer Reviewer, or Editor