A chatbot may not be a co-author

It is not permitted to list language models as authors in Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association. To be considered an author, one must have contributed significantly to the article, be able to take responsibility for all aspects of the work on the article and be able to identify and assess conflicts of interest. These are tasks which a generative language model (such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and the like) cannot do.

Any use of AI tools must be disclosed 

If you have used generative language models or other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) in the work on the article, you must describe how in the methods section or in a note to the manuscript if the article does not have a methods section. This also applies to images created using generative AI tools (such as DALL-E, Midjourney, and the like).

The description must state:

• which AI tools you have used, including version and date of use

• to what extent you have used AI in the work on the manuscript, and how this has affected the final manuscript

• what instructions or questions (prompts) you have given to the language model

Use of language models can increase the likelihood of errors, biases (systematic biases) and plagiarism, since you as the author have less control over the entire process. The author is responsible for the content of the article – including the factual accuracy of AI-generated content, including citations, references and references – and for the article's compliance with other guidelines for scientific publication.

Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association hereby adopts the same policy as several leading organisations and publications, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the American Psychological Association, the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening.