Academic freedom is critical to the mission of universities. Publishers and disciplines have their own approaches to GenAI and those approaches vary in how they do, or do not, address the challenges and opportunities of these technologies.
The links in the list below take you to the policies of major scholarly publishers and represent various approaches and stances. Some guidance addresses both the use of GenAI and the use of artificial intelligence as a research method.
Many organizations take definitive positions on the use of GenAI. The American Naturalist (jpournal) offers an example of a restrictive AI use policy. However, some publishers, such as the American Accounting Association, suggest that submissions be filtered through an automated system in order to enhance quality.
Many publishers and journals have specific AI use policies; however, it is best to check the submission guidance for the particular journal to which you are submitting, or you can contact the editor.