Use of ChatGPT to Explore Gender and Geographic Disparities in Scientific Peer Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the realm of scientific research, peer review serves as a cornerstone for ensuring the quality and integrity of scholarly papers. Recent trends in promoting transparency and accountability has led some journals to publish peer-review reports alongside papers.

Objective

ChatGPT-4 (OpenAI) was used to quantitatively assess sentiment and politeness in peer-review reports from high-impact medical journals. The objective was to explore gender and geographical disparities to enhance inclusivity within the peer-review process.

Methods

All 9 general medical journals with an impact factor >2 that publish peer-review reports were identified. A total of 12 research papers per journal were randomly selected, all published in 2023. The names of the first and last aut

SUBMITTER: Sebo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667125 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature