American Association for Cancer Research AI Guidelines

Policy Summary

For abstracts submitted for presentation at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026, authors may use generative AI to revise or translate author-written text to improve clarity. If AI is used to produce new text or other material for an abstract, this use must be disclosed in a sentence at the end of the abstract body, and any AI use connected to conducting the underlying study must be described in the Methods section. All abstract authors must review the completed abstract to confirm the accuracy and integrity of all statements prior to submission.

Evidence

• Generative artificial intelligence (AI), as with traditional automated and manual editing services, has the potential to improve the clarity of submitted abstracts when used to help revise or translate text written by the author. Authors may use AI in the development of abstracts submitted for presentation at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026 under the following conditions: Any use of AI in connection with the conduct of the study underlying the abstract must be described in the Methods section of the abstract. Any use of AI to produce new text or other material for an abstract must be disclosed in a sentence at the end of the abstract body. All abstract authors are fully responsible for reviewing their completed abstract (regardless of how the abstract was written) to verify the accuracy and integrity of all statements prior to submission.

Source

• https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2026/abstracts-3/#use-of-generative-ai

Policy Summary

For AACR Annual Meeting 2026 abstracts, authors may use AI to generate new text or other material. Any such AI-generated text or material must be disclosed in a sentence at the end of the abstract body. Authors are fully responsible for reviewing the completed abstract to verify the accuracy and integrity of all statements prior to submission. If AI was used in connection with conducting the underlying study, that use must be described in the Methods section of the abstract.

Evidence

• Authors may use AI in the development of abstracts submitted for presentation at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026 under the following conditions: Any use of AI to produce new text or other material for an abstract must be disclosed in a sentence at the end of the abstract body. All abstract authors are fully responsible for reviewing their completed abstract (regardless of how the abstract was written) to verify the accuracy and integrity of all statements prior to submission. Any use of AI in connection with the conduct of the study underlying the abstract must be described in the Methods section of the abstract.

Source

• https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2026/abstracts-3/#use-of-generative-ai
• https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AACR-Abstract-Submission-Guidelines-3.pdf

Policy Summary

For AACR Annual Meeting 2026 abstracts, authors may use AI to help translate text they wrote in order to improve clarity. If AI is used to produce new text or other material for an abstract, this use must be disclosed in a sentence at the end of the abstract body. All abstract authors are fully responsible for reviewing the completed abstract to verify the accuracy and integrity of all statements prior to submission.

Evidence

• Generative artificial intelligence (AI), as with traditional automated and manual editing services, has the potential to improve the clarity of submitted abstracts when used to help revise or translate text written by the author. Authors may use AI in the development of abstracts submitted for presentation at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026 under the following conditions: Any use of AI to produce new text or other material for an abstract must be disclosed in a sentence at the end of the abstract body. All abstract authors are fully responsible for reviewing their completed abstract (regardless of how the abstract was written) to verify the accuracy and integrity of all statements prior to submission.

Source

• https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2026/abstracts-3/#use-of-generative-ai

Policy Summary

For AACR Annual Meeting 2026 abstracts, authors must describe any use of AI connected to conducting the underlying study in the Methods section. Authors must also disclose any use of AI to produce new text or other material for an abstract in a sentence at the end of the abstract body. The policy requires authors to review the completed abstract prior to submission to confirm the accuracy and integrity of all statements. The policy does not explicitly address using AI specifically to refine or format data reported in the abstract beyond these general disclosure and author-responsibility requirements.

Evidence

• Any use of AI in connection with the conduct of the study underlying the abstract must be described in the Methods section of the abstract. Any use of AI to produce new text or other material for an abstract must be disclosed in a sentence at the end of the abstract body. All abstract authors are fully responsible for reviewing their completed abstract (regardless of how the abstract was written) to verify the accuracy and integrity of all statements prior to submission.

Source

• https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2026/abstracts-3/#use-of-generative-ai
• https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AACR-Abstract-Submission-Guidelines-3.pdf

Policy Summary

The publisher does not permit the use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies to generate scientific content, and this prohibition applies to illustrative figures. In addition, AACR journals do not permit certain electronic enhancements or manipulations of figures, including the use of touch-up tools that obscure manipulations. The policy does not specify human review requirements for this classification.

Evidence

• The use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies to generate scientific content is not permitted. AACR journals do not permit certain electronic enhancements or manipulations of microbiological data, gels, and other figures. For example, the use of touch-up tools, such as cloning and healing tools in Photoshop, or any feature that deliberately obscures manipulations, is unacceptable.

Source

• https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2026/abstracts-3/#use-of-generative-ai

Policy Summary

The American Association for Cancer Research prohibits the use of generative AI or similar technology to create images, figures, or other data visualizations for AACR journal manuscripts and for AACR meeting abstracts. Any images, figures, and data visualizations included in a submission must be the authors’ own creations. If any part of an image has been altered, a detailed description of the modifications must be included in the figure legend. The policy does not specify human review requirements for this classification.

Evidence

• The use of generative AI or similar technology is not permitted in the creation of images, figures, or any other data visualizations presented in manuscripts submitted to an AACR journal. Any images, figures, or data visualizations included in the manuscript must be the authors’ own creations. If any part of an image has been altered, a detailed description of the modifications must be included in the figure legend. The use of generative AI or similar technology is not permitted in the creation of images, figures, or any other data visualizations presented in abstracts submitted to the AACR. Any images, figures, or data visualizations included in the abstract must be the authors’ own creations.

Source

• https://aacrjournals.org/pages/editorial-policies
• https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2026/abstracts-3/#use-of-generative-ai

Policy Summary

The publisher does not state an explicit policy that specifically addresses using AI tools to refine or format code included in a submitted manuscript. However, it permits the use of AI to analyze data and produce insights when that AI use is disclosed in the Materials and Methods section. The policy does not specify human review requirements for this classification.

Evidence

• Use of AI to analyze data and generate insights is permissible, but this use must be disclosed in the Materials and Methods section.

Source

• https://aacrjournals.org/pages/editorial-policies

Policy Summary

Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy of any content produced with the assistance of AI tools. This responsibility includes ensuring that any citations or references supplied by an AI tool are accurate. The policy does not specify human review requirements for this classification.

Evidence

• Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by the tool, including the accuracy of citations.

Source

• https://aacrjournals.org/pages/editorial-policies

Policy Summary

For AACR Annual Meeting abstracts, any use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) connected to how the underlying study was conducted must be reported in the Methods section. Any use of generative AI to create new text or other material for the abstract must be disclosed in a sentence at the end of the abstract body. All abstract authors must review the completed abstract to confirm the accuracy and integrity of all statements before submission. Beyond these disclosure and author-responsibility requirements, the policy does not state additional rules specifically addressing the presentation of generative AI content as if it were original, non-machine research data or results.

Evidence

• Any use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in connection with the conduct of the study underlying the abstract must be described in the Methods section of the abstract. Any use of generative AI to produce new text or other material for an abstract must be disclosed in a sentence at the end of the abstract body (e.g., “The authors used generative AI to [describe the use]”). All abstract authors are fully responsible for reviewing their completed abstract (regardless of how the abstract was written) to verify the accuracy and integrity of all statements prior to submission.

Source

• https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2026/abstracts-3/#use-of-generative-ai