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A guide on Generative Artificial Intelligence when researching and writing your assignments

Publishers response to AI

The use of AI contributions to research articles depends on the respective journal/publisher. Authors need to check publisher policies and journal submission guidelines for guidance on AI use.

 Generally, any use of AI in the creation of the article needs to be acknowledged. In terms of authorship, publishers do not recognize AI tools as authors of scholarly work. Human authors are responsible for the accuracy of the work output by the AI and should therefore, be the only named authors on the work.

The University of Adelaide has a comprehensive table with some examples of major publisher policies.

Known responses by Systematic/Scoping Review bodies.

  • Cochrane Collaboration’s current stance on AI Tools can be found here: https://futurecochrane.org/newnews/cochrane-announces-new-policy-on-ai-generated-content  
  • Currently JBI’s response to the use of AI Tools is, “At this time, we do not have specific guidelines either recommending or advising against the use of AI tools. However, we strongly encourage transparent reporting of any AI tools utilized in the process.” 
  • The PRISMA Group’s response is that “The Prisma Group has not formed an official position on the use of AI in systematic reviews. As indicated throughout the PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration paper, we recognise some systematic review teams will use AI tools to assist them with searching, screening, data collection and quality assessment. In such cases, PRISMA recommends authors declare the use of such tools and provide some information about them. In future updates to PRISMA 2020, I anticipate we will include guidance on the use of generative AI tools to assist in the writing of the systematic review report.” 

 The Southern Cross University Library has a table outlining some of the AI tools, their use and their limitations in systematic review creation.  

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