AI disclosure rules for journals and conferences
Publishers agree on two things: AI can't be an author, and you have to say how you used it. They disagree on where the statement goes. Here's each one.
| Publisher or conference | Where it goes | Own template |
|---|---|---|
| ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) | Acknowledgements section of the paper. | General format |
| Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) | Main track: the experimental setup section (or equivalent) of the paper. | General format |
| Elsevier | Separate section at the end of the manuscript, immediately before the references, titled 'Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the manuscript preparation process' (books: '...in the writing process'). | Yes, built in |
| Frontiers | Acknowledgements section of the manuscript, plus the methods section if applicable. | General format |
| IEEE | Acknowledgments section of the article. | General format |
| International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) | A mandatory AI disclosure section in the paper (not counted toward the page limit), plus the paper submission form. | General format |
| MDPI | Acknowledgments section (which tools were used) plus Materials and Methods section (detailed description of how they were used). | General format |
| PLOS (Public Library of Science) | In the body of the article: a dedicated Methods section, the Acknowledgements section, or the relevant figure legend(s) (figure-related AI use goes in the figure legend). | General format |
| SAGE Publishing | Disclosed upon submission, within the methods or acknowledgements. | Yes, built in |
| Springer Nature | Introduction or Acknowledgements of the manuscript; | General format |
| Taylor & Francis | A specific AI usage disclosure statement within the article; | General format |
| Wiley | Acknowledgments for drafting, editing, translation or formatting help; | Yes, built in |