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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.
Sec. Scholarly Communication
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frma.2024.1486832
This article is part of the Research Topic Research Ethics and Integrity in the Artificial Intelligence Era View all articles

Global Insights: ChatGPT's Influence on Academic and Research Writing, Creativity, and Plagiarism Policies

Provisionally accepted
  • 1 Shandong Vocational University of Foreign Affairs, Weihai, Shandong Province, China
  • 2 School Education Department, Punjab, Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 3 UNITAR International University, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

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    The current study explored the influence of Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) on the concepts, parameters, policies, and practices of creativity and plagiarism in academic and research writing. Data were collected from ten researchers from ten different countries (Australia, China, the UK, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkiye) using semi-structured interviews. NVivo was employed for data analysis. Based on the responses, five themes about the influence of ChatGPT on academic and research writing were generated, i.e., opportunity, human assistance, thought-provoking, time-saving, and negative attitude. Although the researchers were mostly positive about it, some feared it would degrade their writing skills and lead to plagiarism. Many of them believed that ChatGPT would redefine the concepts, parameters, and practices of creativity and plagiarism. Creativity may no longer be restricted to the ability to write, but also to use ChatGPT or other large language models (LLMs) to write creatively. Some suggested that machine-generated text might be accepted as the new norm; however, using it without proper acknowledgment would be considered plagiarism. The researchers recommended allowing ChatGPT for academic and research writing; however, they strongly advised it to be regulated with limited use and proper acknowledgment.

    Keywords: artificial intelligence, Academic writing, ChatGPT, creativity, plagiarism, Policy recommendations

    Received: 27 Aug 2024; Accepted: 21 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Abid Malik, Amjad and Aslam. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Amjad Islam Amjad, School Education Department, Punjab, Kasur, 160062, Punjab, Pakistan
    Sarfraz Aslam, UNITAR International University, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

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