Rise of the machines: trends and challenges of implementing AI in biomedical scientific writing

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is advancing significantly, with many applications already in medicine, healthcare, and biomedical research. Among these fields, the area that AI is remarkably reshaping is biomedical scientific writing. Thousands of AI-based tools can be applied at every step...

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Main Authors: Michal Fornalik, Magdalena Makuch, Anna Lemanska, Sandra Moska, Monika Wiczewska, Iwona Anderko, Laura Stochaj, Marta Szczygiel, Aleksandra Zielińska
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Published: Open Exploration Publishing Inc. 2024-09-01
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description Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is advancing significantly, with many applications already in medicine, healthcare, and biomedical research. Among these fields, the area that AI is remarkably reshaping is biomedical scientific writing. Thousands of AI-based tools can be applied at every step of the writing process, improving time effectiveness, and streamlining authors’ workflow. Out of this variety, choosing the best software for a particular task may pose a challenge. While ChatGPT receives the necessary attention, other AI software should be addressed. In this review, we draw attention to a broad spectrum of AI tools to provide users with a perspective on which steps of their work can be improved. Several medical journals developed policies toward the usage of AI in writing. Even though they refer to the same technology, they differ, leaving a substantially gray area prone to abuse. To address this issue, we comprehensively discuss common ambiguities regarding AI in biomedical scientific writing, such as plagiarism, copyrights, and the obligation of reporting its implementation. In addition, this article aims to raise awareness about misconduct due to insufficient detection, lack of reporting, and unethical practices revolving around AI that might threaten unaware authors and medical society. We provide advice for authors who wish to implement AI in their daily work, emphasizing the need for transparency and the obligation together with the responsibility to maintain biomedical research credibility in the age of artificially enhanced science.
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spelling doaj-art-0435af6bcb074275a94180a8abce234f2025-08-20T02:32:07ZengOpen Exploration Publishing Inc.Exploration of Digital Health Technologies2996-94092024-09-012523524810.37349/edht.2024.00024Rise of the machines: trends and challenges of implementing AI in biomedical scientific writingMichal Fornalik0https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0369-6981Magdalena Makuch1https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6171-7481Anna Lemanska2Sandra Moska3Monika Wiczewska4Iwona Anderko5Laura Stochaj6Marta Szczygiel7Aleksandra Zielińska8https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2603-1377Faculty of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Immunology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Cracow, PolandFaculty of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, PolandFaculty of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, PolandFaculty of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, PolandFaculty of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, PolandFaculty of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, PolandFaculty of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Natural Fibers and Medicinal Plants National Research Institute, 60-630 Poznan, PolandArtificial intelligence (AI) technology is advancing significantly, with many applications already in medicine, healthcare, and biomedical research. Among these fields, the area that AI is remarkably reshaping is biomedical scientific writing. Thousands of AI-based tools can be applied at every step of the writing process, improving time effectiveness, and streamlining authors’ workflow. Out of this variety, choosing the best software for a particular task may pose a challenge. While ChatGPT receives the necessary attention, other AI software should be addressed. In this review, we draw attention to a broad spectrum of AI tools to provide users with a perspective on which steps of their work can be improved. Several medical journals developed policies toward the usage of AI in writing. Even though they refer to the same technology, they differ, leaving a substantially gray area prone to abuse. To address this issue, we comprehensively discuss common ambiguities regarding AI in biomedical scientific writing, such as plagiarism, copyrights, and the obligation of reporting its implementation. In addition, this article aims to raise awareness about misconduct due to insufficient detection, lack of reporting, and unethical practices revolving around AI that might threaten unaware authors and medical society. We provide advice for authors who wish to implement AI in their daily work, emphasizing the need for transparency and the obligation together with the responsibility to maintain biomedical research credibility in the age of artificially enhanced science.https://www.explorationpub.com/uploads/Article/A101124/101124.pdfartificial intelligenceai-based toolsbiomedical scientific writingmedical journalsbiomedical publishing
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Rise of the machines: trends and challenges of implementing AI in biomedical scientific writing
Exploration of Digital Health Technologies
artificial intelligence
ai-based tools
biomedical scientific writing
medical journals
biomedical publishing
title Rise of the machines: trends and challenges of implementing AI in biomedical scientific writing
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title_short Rise of the machines: trends and challenges of implementing AI in biomedical scientific writing
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ai-based tools
biomedical scientific writing
medical journals
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