We announce that some updates have been made to the Instructions to Authors for Respiratory Endoscopy.
The updates are as follows:
Editorial Committee Editor-in-chief
Makoto Maemondo
Respiratory Endoscopy Editor-in-Chief
Katsuhiko Naoki
3.Manuscript Preparation
3.2 References
Addition：
Preprints
6. Bar DZ, Atkatsh K, Tavarez U, Erdos MR, Gruenbaum Y, Collins FS. Biotinylation by antibody recognition- A novel method for proximity labeling. BioRxiv 069187 [Preprint]. 2016 [cited 2017 Jan 12]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/069187
Addition：
Including AI-generated material as the primary source in the reference is not allowed.
5.Reporting Guidelines
Addition：
・SAGER guidelines (https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/sager-guidelines/) for reporting of sex and gender information
8.Peer Review Process
Revision：
Articles submitted to Respiratory Endoscopy are subject to a single-blind peer review process.
anonymized
8.2 Editors and Journal Staff as Authors
Revision：
・・・・・・・Additionally, ScholarOne, the journal’s online submission and peer review system is designed to blind a person in other roles (editor/reviewer) from any paper he/she has authored. anonymize
9.Editorial Policy and Publication Ethics
9.2 Authorship/Contributorship
Revision：
2) Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
reviewing
Addition：
In consonance with the COPE’s position statement and WAME’s recommendations, Respiratory Endoscopy does not allow Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT or Large Language Models (LLM) to be listed as authors as those tools cannot meet the ICMJE’s criteria for authorship listed above.
Addition：
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Tools/Technologies
In consonance with the COPE’s position statement, WAME’s recommendations, and ICMJE’s Recommendation, Respiratory Endoscopy does not allow artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted tools/technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs), chatbots, or image creators to be listed as author or co-author. As described in the ICMJE, those tools cannot be responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work, thus they do not meet the ICMJE’s criteria for authorship listed above. The authors (humans) are fully responsible for any materials of the submitted work, including the use of AI-assisted tools or technologies. AI should not be cited as authors. Authors (humans) are also responsible for plagiarism including the in text and AI-produced images. Authors must disclose, upon submission and in the Materials and Methods (or similar section), any use of AI-assisted tools or technologies in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data.
