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The Right Place to Publish: Considerations in Choosing a Journal or Publisher

Academic publishers have begun to develop policies on the use of generative AI by authors, or have been updating existing author guidelines to include guidance for the use of AI.

This is a selected list of such policies.


COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics. (2023, February 13). Authorship and AI tools: COPE Position Statement. https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author
Cambridge University Press. (n.d.). Authorship and contributorship. Cambridge Core. Retrieved April 13, 2023, from https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/authors/publishing-ethics/research-publishing-ethics-guidelines-for-journals/authorship-and-contributorship
Elsevier. (n.d.). Publishing ethics | Elsevier policy. Retrieved November 20, 2023, from https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/publishing-ethics
SAGE Publications. (2023, January 27). ChatGPT and Generative AI. SAGE Publications Inc. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/chatgpt-and-generative-ai-0
Science Journals. (n.d.). General Policies: Authorship. Science Journals: Editorial Policies. https://www.science.org/content/page/science-journals-editorial-policies#authorship
Springer Nature. (n.d.). Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Nature Portfolio. Retrieved November 20, 2023, from https://www.nature.com/nature-portfolio/editorial-policies/ai
Taylor and Francis. (n.d.). Defining authorship in your research paper. Author Services. Retrieved November 20, 2023, from https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/editorial-policies/defining-authorship-research-paper/
Wiley Author Services. (2007, March 27). Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals: Guidelines for Good Practice. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470750803
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