Scientific dossier (2026) – Artificial intelligence and academic writing: contemporary challenges

Submissions are now open for the thematic dossier “Scientific writing and artificial intelligence: contemporary challenges, ethics, and knowledge production”, scheduled for the first semester of 2026. This call aims to bring together researchers from different fields interested in critically and interdisciplinarily reflecting on the impacts of artificial intelligence on academic and scientific production.

In recent years, AI-based tools such as language models, automated writing systems, intelligent editing platforms, and data-organization algorithms, have become increasingly present in the daily work of researchers, professors, and graduate students. While these technologies expand possibilities for access to information, knowledge production, and academic efficiency, they also raise significant ethical, epistemological, and methodological concerns, particularly in relation to authorship, originality, scientific responsibility, and academic integrity.

In this context, the dossier seeks to promote a qualified space for debate on both the limits and the potential of artificial intelligence in scientific writing. Topics include authorship in the age of AI, plagiarism, human–machine co-authorship, impacts on researcher training, new paradigms of academic writing, as well as the challenges posed to higher education institutions, funding agencies, and scientific journals.

The initiative is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Renan Antônio da Silva, and all submissions must be original and unpublished, with the mandatory participation of at least one author holding a PhD. The final submission deadline is June 12, 2026 (Friday).

Researchers interested in submitting manuscripts or requesting further information should contact the dossier coordinator directly at renan@doutorrenan.com.br