Democratizing Knowledge Creation Through Human-AI Collaboration in Academic Peer Review
Suprateek Sarker, Anjana Susarla, Ram D. Gopal, Jason Bennett Thatcher · Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2024
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Methodology & findings
Study design
Opinion piece / conceptual analysis - This is not an empirical study but rather a position paper offering preliminary ideas on human-AI collaboration in academic peer review.
Primary method
None - this is a conceptual/opinion piece without empirical statistical analysis
Main result
The authors argue that "the growing collaboration between humans and AI will disrupt how academics assess scholarly manuscripts and disseminate published works in a way that facilitates the closing of gaps among diverse scholars as well as competing scholarly traditions." The piece presents preliminary ideas on how human-AI collaboration will change peer review processes and underscores "the potential for democratizing academic culture worldwide."
Reports effect sizes.
Research paradigm
Interpretivist/argumentative
Author conclusions
The authors conclude that "Such human-AI collaboration is not a distant reality but is unfolding before us, in part, through the development, application, and actual use of AI, including language learning models (LLMs)." They advocate that this collaboration offers "the potential for democratizing academic culture worldwide" while highlighting both benefits and possible bottlenecks in the peer review process.
Risk of bias
Opinion-based rather than evidence-based - no systematic empirical validation; Speculative framing about future impacts without empirical grounding; No discussion of potential negative consequences or risks from AI in peer review; Potential optimism bias regarding democratization claims
Limitations
- The authors acknowledge this is an "opinion piece" that "offers preliminary ideas" rather than a comprehensive empirical analysis
- No formal limitations section is provided in the abstract
- The work appears to lack empirical validation or systematic evidence synthesis of the proposed claims.
Open questions raised
- The paper identifies the need for further exploration of how human-AI collaboration will change peer review processes, the benefits and bottlenecks of such collaboration, and the mechanisms through which it can democratize academic culture.
- The paper identifies the need for exploration of how human-AI collaboration will change peer review processes, identifies benefits and bottlenecks, and examines the potential for democratizing academic culture, but does not explicitly enumerate specific research gaps or future directions in the abstract.
- The paper identifies the need for further exploration of how human-AI collaboration will transform peer review processes, the benefits it offers, potential bottlenecks, and mechanisms for democratizing academic culture globally.
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