Use of artificial intelligence and the future of peer review

Health Aff Sch. 2024 May 3;2(5):qxae058. doi: 10.1093/haschl/qxae058. eCollection 2024 May.

Abstract

Conducting high-quality peer review of scientific manuscripts has become increasingly challenging. The substantial increase in the number of manuscripts, lack of a sufficient number of peer-reviewers, and questions related to effectiveness, fairness, and efficiency, require a different approach. Large-language models, 1 form of artificial intelligence (AI), have emerged as a new approach to help resolve many of the issues facing contemporary medicine and science. We believe AI should be used to assist in the triaging of manuscripts submitted for peer-review publication.

Keywords: AI; peer review; scientific communication.