AI Policy

Authors using AI must maintain human oversight and control. AI may be subject to a wide array of errors, inconsistencies, bugs, or other technical issues, such as, generating output that appears to rely on and accurately analyze authoritative sources, but is in fact incorrect, incomplete, or biased. Therefore, authors must carefully review and independently verify all output from AI applications before incorporating the output into any content submitted to ISPOR. Regardless of whether AI is utilized, authors are ultimately responsible and accountable for the use of AI and contents of their work. Authors must disclose any AI-generated content submitted to ISPOR. Authors must make any required disclosures to ISPOR prior to submitting the content and to the audience in the actual content (e.g., in the author’s presentation slides, paper, or poster). Standard word processing spelling and grammar checks do not need to be disclosed. Authors may not attempt to hide or disguise their use of AI, or make any false, deceptive, or misleading representation to ISPOR or any other person or entity about their AI use. For example, an author should never attempt to present content, materials, or information that the author received from an AI tool as the author’s own original work product. Disclosing the use of AI supports transparency and trust between authors, readers, reviewers, editors, and contributors and facilitates compliance with the terms of use of the relevant AI tool or technology.

Authors are not permitted to list any AI application as an author or co-author, nor cite AI as a reference, in any content submitted to ISPOR. Authorship implies rights and responsibilities that can only be attributed to and performed by humans, so only humans may be designated as authors or co-authors. Each (co-) author is accountable for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of any content submitted to ISPOR. All authors must approve the final version of the work and agree to its submission for publication. Authors are also responsible for ensuring that the work is original, and that the stated authors qualify for authorship.

ISPOR will not consider an author’s use of AI when deciding whether to accept or reject submitted content. However, ISPOR may withdraw previously accepted content if ISPOR determines the author or any content does not comply with this policy.

ISPOR reserves the right to use AI-detection software to assess the likelihood that the content was machine-generated and will enforce this policy to content where necessary in the context of its Code of Ethics or as ISPOR otherwise deem appropriate. Where ISPOR identifies submitted content with undisclosed use of AI for content generation, ISPOR will take appropriate corrective action.