American Chemical Society AI Guidelines

Policy Summary

ACS requires that all use of AI tools be disclosed within the submission. The use of AI tools for text or image generation must be disclosed in the manuscript's Acknowledgments section, describing when and how the tools were used. Authors remain responsible for all submitted content, including the accuracy of any AI-generated material and appropriate referencing.

Evidence

• All use of AI tools should be disclosed within the submission. Authors are responsible for all submitted content including the accuracy of AI-generated content as well as referencing associated material as appropriate. The use of AI tools for text or image generation should be disclosed in the manuscript within the Acknowledgments section with a description of when and how the tools were used.

Source

• https://researcher-resources.acs.org/publish/aipolicy

Policy Summary

ACS requires authors to disclose the use of AI tools for text generation within the manuscript's Acknowledgments section, describing when and how the tools were used. Authors are responsible for all submitted content, including the accuracy of any AI-generated material. Editors may determine that AI use is too extensive, including AI-generated substantive commentary or extensive literature reviews, which may result in rejection or a request to revise.

Evidence

• The use of AI tools for text or image generation should be disclosed in the manuscript within the Acknowledgments section with a description of when and how the tools were used. Authors are responsible for all submitted content including the accuracy of AI-generated content as well as referencing associated material as appropriate. The editor may, at their discretion, determine that the AI use in a given submission is too extensive, including (but not limited to) AI tools used to generate substantive commentary or extensive literature reviews.

Source

• https://researcher-resources.acs.org/publish/aipolicy

Policy Summary

The publisher does not provide explicit guidance on using AI specifically for translation of manuscript text. The general ACS AI policy requires disclosure of all AI tool use within the submission. The general rule that all AI use be disclosed would apply if AI were used for translation, but ACS does not specifically address translation in its AI policy.

Evidence

• not defined

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Policy Summary

The publisher does not provide explicit guidance on using AI specifically to refine or format data reported in the manuscript. The confirmed ACS AI policy addresses text and image generation with disclosure requirements, but does not specifically address non-image data formatting. The general requirement that all AI tool use be disclosed would apply.

Evidence

• not defined

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Policy Summary

ACS requires authors to disclose any use of AI tools for image generation in the manuscript Acknowledgment section, describing when and how the tools were used; for more substantial uses, authors should provide full details in the Methods or another appropriate section. For graphics, authors should include a brief description of AI use in the figure caption so readers understand how the image was created. ACS permits AI-generated cover artwork when the AI use is disclosed in the cover art caption, the specific tool(s) are named, and a brief description of how they were used is provided; authors are responsible for ensuring tool terms permit commercial use and that the output is not owned by the generating website, and any AI use must comply with ACS Artificial Intelligence Best Practices. The policy does not specify human review requirements for this classification.

Evidence

• The use of AI tools for text or image generation should be disclosed in the manuscript within the Acknowledgment section with a description of when and how the tools were used. For more substantial use cases or descriptions of AI tool use, authors should provide full details within the Methods or other appropriate section of the manuscript. For graphics, a brief description of AI use should be included in the figure caption to explain to readers how the image was created. Journal cover art: The use of AI tools for image generation in cover artwork is permitted but should be disclosed in the cover art caption submitted alongside the artwork file. Please name the specific tool(s) used and include a brief description of how the tools were used. Authors are responsible for ensuring that the terms of use for all tool(s) permit commercial use and that the output is not owned by the generating website. Any use of AI tools must comply with ACS Artificial Intelligence Best Practices and be disclosed in the cover caption.

Source

• https://researcher-resources.acs.org/publish/aipolicy

Policy Summary

ACS requires authors to disclose the use of AI tools for image generation in the manuscript Acknowledgment section, including when and how the tools were used. For graphics, including data visualizations, a brief description of AI use should be included in the figure caption so readers understand how the image was created. Authors are responsible for all submitted content, including the accuracy of any AI-generated material.

Evidence

• The use of AI tools for text or image generation should be disclosed in the manuscript within the Acknowledgment section with a description of when and how the tools were used. For graphics, a brief description of AI use should be included in the figure caption to explain to readers how the image was created.

Source

• https://researcher-resources.acs.org/publish/aipolicy

Policy Summary

The publisher does not provide explicit guidance on this classification.

Evidence

• not defined

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Policy Summary

ACS requires that all use of AI tools be disclosed within the submission. Authors are responsible for all submitted content, including ensuring that related material is referenced appropriately. An editor may decide that AI use is too extensive when AI tools are used to generate extensive literature reviews, which may lead to rejection or a request to revise. Authors must verify the accuracy of any AI-generated references and citations.

Evidence

• All use of AI tools should be disclosed within the submission. Authors are responsible for all submitted content including the accuracy of AI-generated content as well as referencing associated material as appropriate. The editor may, at their discretion, determine that the AI use in a given submission is too extensive, including (but not limited to) AI tools used to generate substantive commentary or extensive literature reviews.

Source

• https://researcher-resources.acs.org/publish/aipolicy

Policy Summary

ACS requires that authors not fabricate, falsify, or plagiarize the work of others. Authors using AI tools must use them transparently and ethically, in accordance with the ACS Ethical Guidelines. Presenting AI-generated content as original research data or results — without disclosure, or in a way that misrepresents its origin — constitutes fabrication or falsification and is prohibited.

Evidence

• As a primary rule, an author should not fabricate, falsify, or plagiarize the work of others or his or her own. Authors using AI tools should use them transparently and ethically, in accordance with the ACS Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research. Authors are responsible for all submitted content including the accuracy of AI-generated content as well as referencing associated material as appropriate.

Source

• https://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/ethics/index.html
• https://researcher-resources.acs.org/publish/aipolicy