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ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical policy and practice2024

Detecting manuscripts written by generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the field of pharmacy practice.

Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun, Faris El-Dahiyat, Ghaleb A ElRefae, Sabaa Saleh Al-Hemyari, Moyad Shahwan, Samer H Zyoud, Khawla Abu Hammour, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar

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Article in Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Ammar Abdulrahman JairounHealth and Safety Department, Dubai Municipality, Dubai, UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-0878
Faris El-DahiyatClinical Pharmacy Program, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-8699
Ghaleb A ElRefaeArtificial Intelligence Research Center, Al Ain University, Al Ain, UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2642-275X
Sabaa Saleh Al-HemyariDiscipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), George Town, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0795-3408
Moyad ShahwanCentre of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8367-4841
Samer H ZyoudDepartment of Mathematics and Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4931-8517
Khawla Abu HammourDepartment of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7861-1958
Zaheer-Ud-Din BabarDepartment of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1051-3240
Ajman University · AEAl Ain University · AEDubai Health Authority · AEUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MYUniversity of Huddersfield · GBUniversity of Jordan · JO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Generative AI can be a powerful research tool, but researchers must employ it ethically and transparently. This commentary addresses how the editors of pharmacy practice journals can identify manuscripts generated by generative AI and AI-assisted technologies. Editors and reviewers must stay well-informed about developments in AI technologies to effectively recognise AI-written papers. Editors should safeguard the reliability of journal publishing and sustain industry standards for pharmacy practice by implementing the crucial strategies outlined in this editorial. Although obstacles, including ignorance, time constraints, and protean AI strategies, might hinder detection efforts, several facilitators can help overcome those obstacles. Pharmacy practice journal editors and reviewers would benefit from educational programmes, collaborations with AI experts, and sophisticated plagiarism-detection techniques geared toward accurately identifying AI-generated text. Academics and practitioners can further uphold the integrity of published research through transparent reporting and ethical standards. Pharmacy practice journal staffs can sustain academic rigour and guarantee the validity of scholarly work by recognising and addressing the relevant barriers and utilising the proper enablers. Navigating the changing world of AI-generated content and preserving standards of excellence in pharmaceutical research and practice requires a proactive strategy of constant learning and community participation.

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AI-assisted technologiesArtificial intelligence pharmacy practicedetectionmanuscript

Identifiers

PMID38229951
PMCPMC10791078
OpenAlexW4390788614

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.