Table 3 Distribution of type of recommendations among journals providing any own GAI usage guidelines
A. Journals providing any own guidelines for authors | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Top SJR ranked journals (n = 160)# | Random sample of non-top SJR ranked journals (n = 72)# | P value* | |
Author guidelines, n (%) | |||
Usage forbidden | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | - |
Usage permitted | 160 (100.0) | 72 (100.0) | |
Type of recommendations among journals permitting GAI use, n (%)¶ | |||
Language editing | 80 (50.0) | 44 (61.1) | 0.12 |
Manuscript writing | 97 (60.6) | 51 (70.8) | 0.13 |
Data analysis and interpretation | 52 (32.5) | 12 (16.7) | < 0.05 |
Image generating | 89 (55.6) | 35 (48.6) | 0.32 |
Fact-checking | 87 (54.4) | 39 (54.2) | 0.98 |
Usage documentation | 155 (96.9) | 71 (98.6) | 0.44 |
Authorship eligibility | 147 (91.9) | 69 (95.8) | 0.27 |
Number of recommendations, median (Q1, Q3) | |||
Author guidelines (range: 0-7) | 5 (3, 6) | 5 (3, 6) | < 0.05 |
B. Journals providing any own guidelines for reviewers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Top SJR ranked journals (n = 98)# | Random sample of non-top SJR ranked journals (n = 35)# | P value* | |
Reviewer guidelines, n (%) | |||
Usage forbidden | 50 (51.0) | 16 (45.7) | 0.59 |
Usage permitted | 48 (49.0) | 19 (54.3) | |
Type of recommendations among journals permitting GAI use, n (%)¶ | |||
Language editing | 19 (39.6) | 15 (78.9) | < 0.01 |
Usage documentation | 48 (100.0) | 11 (57.9) | < 0.01 |
Number of recommendations, median (Q1, Q3) | |||
Reviewer guidelines (range: 0-2) | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 2) | < 0.01 |