{"id":57757,"date":"2026-07-06T19:36:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=57757"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:40:27","slug":"responsible-use-of-ai-survey-wave2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/responsible-use-of-ai-survey-wave2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Responsible Use of AI Survey is Back \u2014 and We Want to Hear From You Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we ran our first survey on the responsible use of AI in research and publishing, the headline numbers<\/a> were hard to ignore. AI use was already near-universal; 97%<\/strong> of responses confirmed it was embedded in day-to-day research workflows. Yet 99%<\/strong> expressed some level of concern about it. Adoption and unease had arrived together.<\/p>\n

The deeper we looked, the clearer the gap became. Two-thirds of researchers (66%<\/strong>) reported real gains in quality and efficiency. But only 51%<\/strong> documented the prompts and tool versions behind their AI-assisted work. In other words, nearly half of all AI-assisted submissions entered the editorial pipeline with no record of how they were actually made. And the sharpest skepticism came from the gatekeepers themselves; the editors and reviewers whose job is to validate the work.<\/p>\n

Since that first study, the ground has shifted. New tools have arrived and moved from novelty to daily habit. Journals, publishers, and funders have issued or revised their AI policies. And the debates around disclosure, authorship, and oversight have grown sharper, not quieter. What felt experimental twelve months ago is now routine for many researchers; what was ambiguous then is, in some places, clearer now\u2014and in others, more contested than ever.<\/p>\n

That raises the central question: has anything genuinely improved? Or have the gaps we identified last year simply moved somewhere new?<\/p>\n

Introducing the Second Wave<\/h2>\n

We\u2019re opening the second wave of our Responsible Use of AI in Research & Publishing survey. The survey returns to the same core questions! This time, we aim to track what has shifted, what hasn’t, and where the gaps still remain. It explores the questions that matter most right now: how AI use is evolving, how well the tools perform, what disclosure is looking like in practice, and whether journal and funder policies are keeping up.<\/p>\n

Whether you took part last year or this is your first time, your response adds to a running, openly shared evidence base, the one that helps shape more practical, fair, and transparent norms for everyone working in research.<\/p>\n

Participate Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What You\u2019ll Get Out of it<\/h2>\n

Take part and:<\/p>\n