AI for Healthcare Research & Education

• While there is no definitive guideline on citing AI applications, knowing what and when to cite these applications is crucial, because these AI-generated content is not reproducible. 
• Preparing to publish - check the publisher's website for information for authors as each publisher has different policies related to the use of generative AI.
• Use the information below to learn more about specific guidelines for each major citation style.

While the American Psychological Association (APA) has not released official guidelines on citing GenAI quite yet, the recent post on the APA Style Blog provides guidance on citing ChatGPT adaptable to other AI tools. 

The general recommendation is for the Methodology and/or Introduction of your paper to specify the following:  

• The prompt you used when utilizing ChatGPT; and 
• The text that the chatbot produced in response. If the response from ChatGPT is lengthy, please include it in the form of an Appendix.

As for the in-text citation and the Bibliography/Reference/Works Cited item that will follow this description, follow the examples below: 

In-text example: 

(OpenAI, 2023)

Reference example: 

OpenAI (2023). ChatGPT (May 24 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

Currently, there is no official recommendation from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) regarding citing outputs generated by AI applications. ICMJE has published updates to the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals in Janurary 2024, on acknowledging AI technologies if they were used in manuscript preparation and review process. 

We acknowledge the content of this page is based on the Georgetown University's Artificial Intelligence (Generative) Resources Guide.