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AI In Scientific Publishing: Uses and Guidance for Authors, Reviewers, and Editors Presentation

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The document explains how AI is being used in scientific publishing and offers guidance for authors, reviewers, editors, and publishers. It emphasizes that AI adoption is rapidly increasing in research and writing, but responsible use is essential because scholarly publishing depends on trust, confidentiality, transparency, and human judgment.<br /><br />For authors, AI may be used for literature discovery, organization, language improvement, coding support, and manuscript formatting. However, it should not generate research content, data, conclusions, or fabricated results. If AI is used for substantial text drafting, image generation/modification, or code/data processing, journals often expect disclosure in the cover letter, methods, or acknowledgments. Disclosure is not misconduct and does not mean automatic rejection.<br /><br />For reviewers, AI may help with understanding a manuscript, organizing notes, or improving navigation through long papers, but confidential manuscripts should not be uploaded into public or unapproved AI tools. Reviewers must not use AI to make the actual judgment or write the review decision.<br /><br />For editors and publishers, AI can support manuscript triage, policy screening, plagiarism and image checking, reviewer matching, and internal summarization, but final editorial decisions must remain human. The document stresses that AI should inform, not replace, expert judgment.<br /><br />The journal’s policy states that AI tools cannot be authors and that AI use should be disclosed when relevant. AI should not be used for peer review. Overall, the message is that AI offers real opportunities to improve efficiency and integrity, but responsibility, accountability, and trust must remain with humans.

Keywords

AI in scientific publishing

scholarly publishing ethics

author AI disclosure

peer review confidentiality

editorial decision making

research writing assistance

journal policy on AI

human judgment

plagiarism checking

transparent AI use