{"id":57739,"date":"2026-07-02T17:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=57739"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:21:36","slug":"global-survey-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/global-survey-report\/","title":{"rendered":"97% Have Embraced AI. 99% Question It. Enago\u2019s Global Survey Report Reveals Why."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AI is no longer an emerging tool in academic research, it&#8217;s the default. Our latest survey of 457 researchers, editors, reviewers, and policymakers across disciplines and regions found that AI use has scaled almost universally. What hasn&#8217;t scaled at the same pace is oversight.<\/p>\n<h2>The Numbers Tell the Story:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>97%<\/strong> of respondents report using AI in their research workflow<\/li>\n<li><strong>99%<\/strong> express some level of concern about AI&#8217;s role in scholarly work<\/li>\n<li><strong>51%<\/strong> document the prompts and tool versions behind their AI-assisted work \u2014 meaning nearly half don&#8217;t<\/li>\n<li><strong>66%<\/strong> say AI has improved the quality or efficiency of their writing and research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That gap between adoption and documentation is the real story. Researchers are using AI faster than institutions can govern it, and the result is a &#8220;documentation deficit&#8221; that breaks traceability right when publishers need it most, during editorial review.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s Driving the Concern?<\/h2>\n<p>The data points to three structural tensions: an adoption-governance gap (AI use has outpaced institutional guidelines), a productivity-integrity trade-off (efficiency gains offset by hallucination and authorship risk), and a transparency-effectiveness gap (disclosure exists, but it isn&#8217;t enough on its own).<\/p>\n<p>Editors and reviewers, the gatekeepers responsible for validating AI-assisted work, are also the most skeptical group in the study. That&#8217;s a signal publishers can&#8217;t afford to miss.<\/p>\n<h2>Where this Leaves the Industry<\/h2>\n<p>Disclosure alone doesn&#8217;t reduce editorial friction. What the data calls for is a shift from ad-hoc, author-dependent disclosure to standardized, process-level human oversight \u2014 covering validation, accountability, traceability, and clearly defined intervention thresholds based on risk.<\/p>\n<p>We break down the full picture \u2014 survey methodology, all three key findings, and a four-layer oversight framework publishers and institutions can start applying now in our new whitepaper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.monstercampaigns.com\/c\/wzhjmrl5aagkeovbibwk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Download the full report now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 digs into what happens after submission and why validation, not just disclosure, is the path forward. 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