Yi Rong, Medical Physicist and Radiation Oncologist at Mayo Clinic, Editor in Chief, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“JACMP strictly follows the COPE guidelines regarding the use of GenAI tools in the peer-review process: “Reviewers, including Associate Editors and Referees, are strictly prohibited from entering any manuscript content into large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude. Manuscripts under review are confidential and may not be shared with external systems or used to generate, draft, or substantively shape reviewer reports. Use of LLMs in violation of these principles breaches AAPM Journals’ confidentiality and intellectual property requirements.”
It remains an open question whether journals should or can develop independent AI-based peer-review tools to serve as an additional quality check alongside human reviewers. One point, however, is clear: expert human judgment should not be replaced by large language model outputs. This position is reinforced by a recent commentary published in JAMA.
The JACMP editorial team has been diligent in enforcing this principle throughout the peer-review process, reflecting our deep respect for authors and our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of publication quality!”
Title: LLMs in Peer Review – How Publishing Policies Must Advance
Authors: Tiffany I. Leung
