Dr Aditi Rao

With a PhD in Communication, Aditi is a researcher, editor, published author, and peer reviewer.

What the 2026 Journal AI Policies Mean for Research Writing as a Task and as a Skill 

 Is a journal’s understanding of AI use for copyediting the same as the author’s?   Rapidly evolving AI guidelines In August 2026, The Lancet and JAMA updated their AI use guidelines. The Lancet permits the use of AI and AI-assisted tools in manuscript preparation with human oversight and asks authors to disclose their purpose of AI […]

2026 Lancet AI Guidelines: Do’s and Don’ts Before You Submit

Have you noticed these declarations at the end of recently published papers? AI Use Disclosure ChatGPT was used for reference formatting purposes only. Declaration of Generative AI Use ChatGPT 5.5 [Open AI] was used solely for language refinement, idea exploration, and proofreading. The authors take full responsibility for the content and originality of the manuscript. […]