In this policy brief, team members from Science-Metrix, NIFU and UNU-MERIT (Maastricht University) first conducted a literature review of the current debate on the use of GenAI in research, specifically on the use of chatbots (Section 2).
The review is organised around the concerns raised by the use of GenAI and the debate on how to address these issues. It notably
includes a review of publishers’ policies and guidelines focusing on how they restrain the use of GenAI in research, as well as help ensure research integrity.
Section 3 explores trends in the use of GenAI chatbots in research using documents indexed in Scopus that mentioned the use of chatbots.
Section 3 also analyses the context within which these chatbots were mentioned and provides an early analysis of the imprints left by the use of GenAI chatbots in academic writing. Finally, Section 4 discusses the study findings.
The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Research