Chatbots, Generative AI, and Scholarly Manuscripts

WAME Recommendations on Chatbots and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Relation to Scholarly Publications

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https://doi.org/10.21141/PJP.2023.08

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chatbots, generative Ai, AI, Artificial Intelligence, scholarly publications, WAME

Abstract

This statement revises our earlier “WAME Recommendations on ChatGPT and Chatbots in Relation to Scholarly Publications” (January 20, 2023). The revision reflects the proliferation of chatbots and their expanding use in scholarly publishing over the last few months, as well as emerging concerns regarding lack of authenticity of content when using chatbots. These Recommendations are intended to inform editors and help them develop policies for the use of chatbots in papers published in their journals. They aim to help authors and reviewers understand how best to attribute the use of chatbots in their work, and to address the need for all journal editors to have access to manuscript screening tools. In this rapidly evolving field, we will continue to modify these recommendations as the software and its applications develop.

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Author Biographies

Chris Zielinski, WAME

Vice President, WAME

Centre for Global Health, University of Winchester, UK

Margaret Winker, WAME; US

Trustee, WAME

Rakesh Aggarwal, WAME

President, WAME; Associate Editor, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Director, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

Lorraine Ferris, WAME

Trustee, WAME; Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada

Markus Heinemann, WAME

Treasurer, WAME

Editor-in-Chief, The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Professor, Universitaetsmedizin Mainz, Germany

Jose Florencio Lapeña Jr., WAME

Secretary, WAME

Editor-in-Chief, Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery

Professor, University of the Philippines Manila

Sanjay Pai, WAME

Director, WAME

Working Committee, The National Medical Journal of India

Edsel Ing, WAME

Director, WAME

Section Editor, Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Professor, University of Toronto and University of Alberta, Canada

Leslie Citrome, WAME

Director, WAME; Editor-in-Chief, Current Medical Research and Opinion

Topic Editor for Psychiatry for Clinical Therapeutics; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, New York Medical College, US

Murad Alam, WAME

Director, WAME

Editor-in-Chief, Archives of Dermatological Research

Professor, Northwestern University, US

Michael Voight, WAME

Director, WAME

Executive Editor-in-Chief

International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

Professor, Belmont University School of Physical Therapy, US

Farrokh Abibzadeh, WAME

Past President, WAME;

Editorial Consultant, The Lancet

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Epidemiology, Iran

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Published

06/30/2023

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Zielinski, C., Winker, M., Aggarwal, R., Ferris, L., Heinemann, M., Lapeña Jr., J. F., … Abibzadeh, F. (2023). Chatbots, Generative AI, and Scholarly Manuscripts: WAME Recommendations on Chatbots and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Relation to Scholarly Publications. PJP, 8(1), 6–8. https://doi.org/10.21141/PJP.2023.08

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023): June Issue (Online)

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