AI in scholarly publishing

Generative AI and scientific journals

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In this episode, Yi Bu explores how generative AI has changed academic publishing.

In this episode, we cover:

•[00:00] Introduction.

•[00:50] Computational social scientist Yi Bu tells about the policies academic journals have introduced to address generative AI.

•[02:17] Bu describes the dataset he analyzed and his findings regarding journals' policies.

•[04:07] He answers the question: Did journal policies have any effect on AI usage?

•[05:39] Bu talks about how the rate of AI disclosure compares with estimates of probable AI use.

•[06:53] He explains the takeaway for journal editors and the scientific community at large.

•[07:27] He lists the caveats and limitations of the study.

•[10:11] Conclusion.