PNAS — Editorial and Journal Policies (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
12/12Calibrated Authority
“Use of AI and generative AI software, such as large language models (e.g., ChatGPT), during the research process must be disclosed in the Materials and Methods section (or Acknowledgments, if no Materials and Methods section is available) of the manuscript and may not be listed as an author. The name and specific model or version (e.g., GPT-4 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet) of any AI tool should be provided. Authors are solely accountable for, and must thoroughly fact-check, outputs created with the help of generative AI software.”— PNAS Editorial and Journal Policies — Artificial intelligence · source ↗
D1
Traceability & inspectability
2
D2
Human authorship & accountability
2
D3
Disclosure & labeling
2
D4
Synthetic-identity / fabrication prohibition
2
D5
Human validation in loop
2
D6
Evidential-trust emphasis
2
Posture BalancedBoundary fit · fitsTrust-logic Evidential
Reitz, C.H. (2026). The Calibrated Authority Index — PNAS — Editorial and Journal Policies (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). https://calibrated-authority.chrishuberreitz.com/institutions/pnas Quote: “Use of AI and generative AI software, such as large language models (e.g., ChatGPT), during the research process must be disclosed in the Materials and Methods section (or Acknowledgments, if no Materials and Methods section is available) of the manuscript and may not be listed as an author. The name and specific model or version (e.g., GPT-4 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet) of any AI tool should be provided. Authors are solely accountable for, and must thoroughly fact-check, outputs created with the help of generative AI software.” Source: https://www.pnas.org/author-center/editorial-and-journal-policies