Utilizing AI for Ethical and Efficient Publishing
For the past several years, and particularly since the public deployment of ChatGPT in November 2022, it has become increasingly evident that AI is a transformative force across various industries. The Generative AI phenomenon is currently viewed as another industrial revolution, garnering significant media attention.
The academic publishing sector, including MDPI, is no exception, as we have actively embraced AI technology for several years. Our focus has been on developing tools to enhance internal processes, identify ethical concerns, and provide authors and readers with resources to facilitate their daily research tasks.
The academic publishing sector, including MDPI, is no exception, as we have actively embraced AI technology for several years. Our focus has been on developing tools to enhance internal processes, identify ethical concerns, and provide authors and readers with resources to facilitate their daily research tasks.
During the recent period, we have introduced or are in the process of developing a range of AI-powered tools, including:
Peer-Reviewer Finder
identify the right experts in a given field in order to organise the peer-review process for a given manuscript
These AI-driven tools exemplify our commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance the efficiency, integrity, and overall experience within the academic publishing industry.
Meanwhile, our guidelines are in line with the standards set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) on the use of AI and AI-assisted technology in manuscript preparation. Whenever AI is used in preparation of a paper, authors are required to be fully transparent, within the “Acknowledgments” section, about which tools were used, and to describe in detail how the tools were used, in the “Materials and Methods” section.