Research Guides: AI & GenAI Resources: Publishing and citing AI

How artificial intelligence is opening up science by Springer

The video below is an in-depth presentation by the publisher Springer that discusses how artificial intelligence is affecting science research and publishing.

Publishing

Scholarly publishers are speaking out and creating policies surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in manuscripts submitted and published in their journals. AI as authorship is addressed in addition to the use of general editing tools. Many policies are based off of the Committee on Publication Ethics position statement and will continue to evolve. Below are links to policies from the major health sciences publishers.

Cambridge
Authorship guidelines address the us of AI in research content and authorship.
Elsevier
These authorship guidelines contain sections pertaining to the use of AI in writing, figures, images, and artwork.
Elsevier AI FAQ
More information related to AI use in scientific writing, to include disclosures and copyright.
Sage
A direct statement on the use of tools such as ChatGPT and generative AI.
Science
General editorial policies that address AI authorship and image and text integrity.
Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Editorial that links to Author Instructions:
Scerbo MW. Can Artificial Intelligence Be My Coauthor? Simul Healthc. 2023 Aug 1;18(4):215-218. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000743. Epub 2023 Jul 25. PMID: 37493454.
Springer Nature
Editorial policies address AI authorship and generative images.
Taylor & Francis
Statement of the "Responsible use of AI Tools in Academic Content Creation."
Thieme
General journal policies that address AI and authorship.
Wiley
Ethics guidelines that address AI generated content.

If the publisher of the journal you are submitting to is not listed, refer to the journal's authorship or ethical guidelines for guidance.

Citing AI use

Citation style guides have started to address the usage of large language models and AI such as chatGPT in writing and research. In general, you must declare when and how you use the technology in your writing, but there isn't yet consensus on how to do so.

It is important to remember that content generated by AI tools is usually nonrecoverable, so it cannot be retrieved later or linked in your citation.

The following are the current recommendations, although they will continue to evolve.