Dear participants of the last LLM-publishing workshop and all those interested in the topic,

Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to heavily influence scholarly publishing. After our 1^st workshop on “LLMs and the future of scientific publishing” we identified the lack of uniform guidelines for the use of LLMs in scholarly publishing as one of the key aspects in our discussions.

Therefore, we want to bring this topic forward and invite you to the 2^nd edition of our “LLMs and the future of scholarly publishing”-workshop series:

“Do they really guide? Guidelines for the use of LLMs in scholarly publishing”

When? 25.03.2025 (back2back with Editors4Chem meeting in Aachen, 2.5 h by train)
Where? Mannheim (GESIS)
Registration: https://indico3-jsc.fz-juelich.de/event/262/ (no fee)
Open Call: Are you an expert on guidelines for the use of LLMs in scholarly publications? Have you contributed to developing such guidelines for your institution or publishing house? Are you are eager in advancing this topic? We invite you to share your insights, present your guidelines, and/or take an active role in the discussion formats, e.g., as a moderator. If you are interested and/or want to recommend a colleague, please reply to this email.

We aim to explore current guidelines, identify differences and overlaps among them, and discuss their feasibility and reasonableness. Having publishers and authors on board ensures a vivid exchange of thoughts from various perspectives. Ultimately, our goal is to move towards broadly accepted, consistent guidelines that promote confidence and transparency in the use of LLMs in scholarly publishing.

Everyone is explicitly welcome to forward this email to other interested persons!

Looking forward to seeing you soon in Mannheim,

your LLM-publishing orga team

(Julia Armin, Steffen Brinckmann, Auriol Degbelo, Franziska Eberl, Christine Hennig, Bernhard Miller, Nikki Parks, Thorsten Trippel)