Future Medicine AI Guidelines

Policy Summary

When authors use generative AI or AI-assisted technologies during writing, these tools should only be used to improve the language and readability of the paper and should not replace key authoring tasks. This use must be described in the manuscript. AI should not be listed as an author, and the human authors retain final responsibility for the work. The policy does not specify human review requirements for this classification.

Evidence

• Where authors use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, these technologies should only be used to improve the language and readability of their paper and not to replace key authoring tasks. This use must be detailed in the manuscript. AI should not be listed as an author, and the final responsibility for the work remains with the human authors.

Source

• https://www.futurescience.com/authors/instructions-for-authors

Policy Summary

Future Medicine requires that AI tools be used only to support the work and not to generate text, images, or data without human intervention or oversight. All work presented in the manuscript should be the authors' own. Authors should disclose any use of AI tools at submission in the acknowledgements section. The policy does not explicitly prohibit AI writing assistance but restricts it to a supportive role with human oversight and disclosure.

Evidence

• Tools such as these should be used to support the work (for instance, to help improve the language and readability of the paper) but not to generate text, images or data without human intervention or oversight. All work presented in the manuscript should be the authors' own. At submission, authors should disclose any use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs), in the writing of a manuscript.

Source

• https://www.futurescience.com/authors/instructions-for-authors

Policy Summary

The publisher does not provide explicit guidance on the use of AI specifically for translation of manuscript text for publishing purposes.

Evidence

• not defined

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Policy Summary

The publisher does not provide explicit guidance on using AI specifically to refine or format data reported in the manuscript.

Evidence

• not defined

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Policy Summary

Future Medicine's terms and conditions state that images or figures generated by AI are not permitted. If any aspect of an image or figure has been altered using AI or AI-assisted technology, this must be declared in the manuscript and authors must confirm that any AI-based alterations have not introduced false or misleading information. This prohibition applies to both illustrative figures and data visualisations.

Evidence

• Images or figures generated by AI are not permitted. If any aspect of an image or figure has been altered using AI or AI-assisted technology (such as the removal of a feature, or enhancement of another), this must be declared in the manuscript, and the authors must confirm that such alterations do not introduce false or misleading information.

Source

• https://www.futurescience.com/authors/instructions-for-authors

Policy Summary

The publisher prohibits the use of AI-generated images or figures. If any part of an image or figure is altered using AI or AI-assisted technology (for example, removing a feature or enhancing another), authors must clearly disclose this in the figure legend and describe what was changed. The policy does not specify human review requirements for this classification.

Evidence

• Images or figures generated by AI are not permitted. If any aspect of an image or figure has been altered using AI or AI-assisted technology (such as the removal of a feature, or enhancement of another), this must be stated clearly in the figure legend, and what was altered must also be described.

Source

• https://www.futurescience.com/authors/instructions-for-authors

Policy Summary

Authors should disclose any use of artificial intelligence tools, including large language models, used during manuscript preparation at the time of submission. Such tools should be used only to support the work and not to generate text, images, or data without human intervention or oversight. Any use of AI tools should be clearly disclosed in the acknowledgements section.

Evidence

• At submission, authors should disclose any use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs), in the writing of a manuscript. Tools such as these should be used to support the work but not to generate text, images or data without human intervention or oversight. In line with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) position statement on AI tools, we would expect any use of such tools to be clearly disclosed in the acknowledgements section of the manuscript.

Source

• https://www.futurescience.com/authors/instructions-for-authors

Policy Summary

The publisher does not provide explicit guidance on using AI to assist with gathering references.

Evidence

• not defined

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Policy Summary

Future Medicine states that images or figures generated by AI are not permitted, and authors must confirm that any AI-based alterations do not introduce false or misleading information. All work presented in the manuscript should be the authors' own. Presenting AI-generated content as original research data or results would violate these requirements.

Evidence

• Images or figures generated by AI are not permitted. If any aspect of an image or figure has been altered using AI or AI-assisted technology (such as the removal of a feature, or enhancement of another), this must be declared in the manuscript, and the authors must confirm that such alterations do not introduce false or misleading information. Tools such as these should be used to support the work but not to generate text, images or data without human intervention or oversight. All work presented in the manuscript should be the authors' own.

Source

• https://www.futurescience.com/authors/instructions-for-authors