AI policy in scientific production

Declaration on artificial intelligence-assisted technologies

Rev Rene supports the recommendations of the World Association of Medical Editorsorg (WAME) regarding ethical considerations related to the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted technologies.

Authors must declare whether they have used generative AI or AI-assisted technologies (such as Large Language Models (LLMs), chatbots, or image generators) in the production of their submitted works. Authors who have used such technologies must describe, both in the Cover Letter and in the text of the manuscript, how these technologies were used.

AI technologies, if used, should be described in the Methods section. The name of any technology used should be included, describing how it was employed and how the validity of the results found was assessed, and a clear statement identifying which aspects of the manuscript's content, data, or supporting files were generated or affected by the use of AI. The description should contain sufficient detail to allow replication of the approach, including the tool used, its version, and the commands or instructions provided to the tools, when applicable.

Technologies assisted by AI should not be considered as authorship, as they cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work—responsibilities that are required for authorship according to the criteria established by the ICMJE. Authors are fully responsible for all submitted material that includes the use of AI-assisted technologies and must be able to affirm that there is no plagiarism in the work, including text and images produced by AI; that all material is properly attributed with complete citations; and that the content reflects their own ideas. Additionally, authors must review all content, recognizing that AI may produce incorrect, incomplete, or biased results.

The use of AI technologies to produce primary research data is unacceptable. Violations will be treated as serious breaches of best research practices. The consequences adopted by Rev Rene may include notifying the authors’ institutions, rejection of the manuscript, or retraction of an already published article