Guides: Scholarly Communication: Artificial Intelligence and Scholarly Publishing

Publisher Statements on AI

As large language models (LLMs) have become more available to authors, some publishers are deciding how artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT may or may not be used in manuscript preparation. Some examples as of April 2023 are below.

Elsevier Publishing Ethics

Science Journals Editorial Policies

Nature policy on Authorship

Journal of the American Medical Association Instructions for Authors

Background Resources

Position Statement, Committee on Publication Ethics
COPE's statement on using AI in publication, along with related resources
AI and Scholarly Publishing: A View from Three Experts
A blog post interview summary
Best Practices for Using AI When Writing Scientific Manuscripts
From the American Chemical Society: "... a brief summary of some of the strengths and weaknesses of ChatGPT (and future AI language bots) and conclude with a set of our recommendations of best practices for scientists when using such tools..."
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ACS Nano 2023, 17, 5, 4091–4093
Publication Date:February 27, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c01544
Artificial Intelligence in Libraries and Publishing
Open Access book, Edited by Ruth Pickering and Matthew Ismail
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What is the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) in the world of scholarly communication? What impact does AI have on the practices and strategies of publishers, libraries, information technology companies, and researchers? What exactly is AI and what are those in the realm of scholarly communication actually thinking about it and doing with it?
This Charleston Briefing seeks to provide some answers to these very important questions, offering both general essays on AI and more specific essays on AI in scholarly publishing, academic libraries, and AI in information discovery and knowledge building.