PURPOSE To assess the prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) usage policies in manuscript writing in PubMed-indexed ophthalmology journals and examine the relationship between adoption of these policies and journal characteristics. DESIGN Cross-sectional study SUBJECTS: PubMed-indexed ophthalmology journals MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of policies in journal guidelines regarding the use of AI in manuscript writing. METHODS We reviewed the guidelines of 84 ophthalmology journals indexed in PubMed to determine the presence of AI-use policies for manuscript generation. We further compared journal metrics, such as CiteScore, Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Journal Citation Indicator (JCI), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), between journals with and without AI policies. Additionally, we analyzed the association between AI policy adoption and journal characteristics, such as MEDLINE indexing and society affiliation. RESULTS Among the 84 journals, 53 (63.1%) had AI policies for manuscript generation, with no significant changes observed during the study period. Journals indexed in MEDLINE were significantly more likely to have AI policies (68.8%) than non-MEDLINE-indexed journals, where no AI policies were found (0%) (p = 0.0008). There was no significant difference in AI policy adoption between society-affiliated (62.7%) and unaffiliated journals (64.7%) (p = 0.8443). Journals with AI policies had significantly higher metrics, including CiteScore, SNIP, SJR, JIF, and JCI (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS While many ophthalmology journals have adopted AI policies, the lack of guidelines in over one-third of journals highlights a critical need for consistent and comprehensive AI policies, particularly as the AI landscape rapidly advances.

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眼科期刊是否有针对手稿写作的 AI 政策？


目的 评估人工智能 （AI） 使用政策在 PubMed 索引眼科期刊手稿写作中的普遍性，并检查这些政策的采用与期刊特征之间的关系。设计 横断面研究主题： PubMed 索引眼科期刊 主要结局指标： 期刊指南中关于在手稿写作中使用 AI 的政策的流行率。方法 我们回顾了在 PubMed 中索引的 84 种眼科期刊的指南，以确定是否存在用于手稿生成的 AI 使用政策。我们进一步比较了有和没有 AI 策略的期刊指标，例如 CiteScore、期刊影响因子 （JIF）、期刊引文指标 （JCI）、每篇论文的来源标准化影响 （SNIP） 和 SCImago 期刊排名 （SJR）。此外，我们还分析了 AI 政策采用与期刊特征之间的关联，例如 MEDLINE 索引和社团隶属关系。结果 在 84 种期刊中，53 种 （63.1%） 具有用于手稿生成的 AI 策略，在研究期间未观察到显着变化。在 MEDLINE 中编入索引的期刊 （68.8%） 比未找到 AI 策略的非 MEDLINE 索引期刊 （0%） 更有可能具有 AI 策略 （p = 0.0008）。学会期刊 （62.7%） 和非期刊 （64.7%） 之间的 AI 政策采用没有显著差异 （p = 0.8443）。采用 AI 策略的期刊的指标明显更高，包括 CiteScore、SNIP、SJR、JIF 和 JCI （p < 0.05）。结论 虽然许多眼科期刊已经采用了 AI 政策，但超过 1/3 的期刊缺乏指南，这凸显了对一致和全面的 AI 政策的迫切需求，尤其是在 AI 领域迅速发展的情况下。