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Ethics, Privacy, and Disclosure
Publisher policies and human-in-the-loop requirements.
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Research Atlas TeamUpdated February 5, 2026
Editorial Policy
- Guides are curated by the Research Atlas editorial team and revised when workflows, policies, or tooling materially change.
- Factual claims should be traceable to source documents listed in each guide's Sources section.
- Generative outputs are treated as drafts and require researcher verification before use in manuscripts or protocols.
Disclosure Requirements#
AI use must be disclosed in Methods or Acknowledgements. AI cannot be listed as an author.
Privacy and PII#
- Redact PII before using external tools.
- Avoid uploading sensitive human-subject data.
- Maintain decision authority with researchers, not models.
Sources
- AI in research report (Ethics)
- COPE: Authorship and AI tools guidance