An editorial from Baishideng Publishing Group on using AI to detect conflicts of interest in research — analysing funding sources, author affiliations and publication histories to find undisclosed COIs that human checks would miss.
Benefits & outcomes
Better detection of undisclosed COIs through large-scale data analysis.
Supports editors and reviewers in evaluating manuscripts.
Argues for ethical guidelines alongside adoption.
Notes & quotes
"Artificial intelligence can play a pivotal role in identifying conflicts of interest by analyzing complex datasets that are beyond human capacity."
An opinion piece rather than a deployed tool — worth remembering when comparing against the working systems in this section.
Publisher / company: Baishideng Publishing Group
Date of mention: 20/03/2025
Source: https://www.wjgnet.com/2222-0682/full/v15/i1/98376.htm