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Frontiers AI disclosure statement
Frontiers lets authors use generative AI to write or edit text and figures, but any such use must be acknowledged in the manuscript, naming the tool's name, version, model and source, and authors stay fully responsible for checking accuracy and plagiarism. AI can never be listed as an author.
Checked against Frontiers's own pages on 9 October 2026 · See the full rules
Write yours
Frontiers doesn't publish a fixed template, so this uses a general format that covers what it asks for.
Frontiers's own wording
Example from a published Frontiers article's 'Generative AI statement' section (not an official template): "The author(s) declared that generative AI was used in the creation of this manuscript."
Quoted from Frontiers's guidance.
The rules at a glance
- When you need one
- Whenever written or visual content in the manuscript was produced by or edited using a generative AI technology.
- Where it goes
- Acknowledgements section of the manuscript, plus the methods section if applicable. (Published Frontiers articles in the sources also show a separate 'Generative AI statement' section.)
- Prompts and outputs
- Encouraged (not required): upload all input prompts and AI outputs as supplementary files.
- Must include
- name of the generative AI technology
- version
- model
- source
- explanation of how it was used
- Also note
- generative AI cannot be listed as an author or co-author
- authors must fact-check AI content, including quotes, citations and references
- AI-produced or edited figures must be checked to accurately reflect the data
- AI content must be checked to be free of plagiarism
- Frontiers uses an AI review assistant (AIRA) to detect image manipulation; undeclared image modifications are investigated
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