The COPPHA Peer Review Week 2 Zoom presentation on 'The Role of AI in Peer Review: Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethics' explores how AI is adopted in the peer review process, improving efficiency, accuracy, and consistency across various stages. AI tools assist with tasks like manuscript screening, reviewer suggestions, grammar checks, and manuscript evaluation, but human oversight remains crucial. Ethical concerns surrounding AI include intellectual property, bias, transparency, and data privacy.
The conclusion stresses that AI should support, not replace, human judgment in peer review with clear protocols and adherence to ethical guidelines.
Dr Dominic Agyei Dankwah from the University of Health and Allied Sciences Ho, Ghana, and Dr Ian Machingura Ruredzo from the University of Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe, facilitated the session.