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Exploring the role of generative AI in academia: Opportunities and challenges

Subhajit Panda 1 *, Navkiran Kaur 2

1 Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India

2 Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT

Article history: Purpose: This paper aims to comprehensively examine the multifaceted role of generative Artificial
Received 07-03-2024 Intelligence (AI) within academic settings, exploring its diverse applications, opportunities, and challenges.
Accepted 23-04-2024 Design/Methodology/Approach: Employing a systematic review approach, this study synthesizes and
Available online 03-08-2024 analyzes the existing literature pertaining to the integration of AI in academia. It critically evaluates the
varied applications of generative AI tools across different domains such as literature review, visualization,
content generation, plagiarism detection, language enhancement, data analysis, and journal selection.
Keywords: Findings: The examination reveals a myriad of advantages brought forth by generative AI applications,
Generative AI including a substantial reduction in researchers’ workloads, time-saving mechanisms, the extraction
Academic writing
of valuable insights from extensive datasets, and an overall enhancement in the quality of scholarly
Technology in academia
outputs. However, alongside these benefits, several challenges and limitations emerge. These include
AI applications concerns regarding accuracy and reliability, ethical implications, limitations in linguistic and contextual
Challenges and opportunities understanding, potential hindrance to critical thinking and creativity, issues with data visualization,
Scholarly tools
training requirements, staying updated with recent research, and the complexity and costs associated with
specialized training.
Originality: This paper provides a comprehensive and structured overview of the applications, advantages,
and challenges of utilizing generative AI in academic settings. It synthesizes existing knowledge, critically
evaluates the implications, and highlights the need for a balanced approach to harness the full potential
of AI while mitigating ethical and practical challenges. The paper’s contribution lies in offering a holistic
view of AI’s impact on academia, emphasizing the need for collaborative efforts among stakeholders to
maximize benefits while ensuring ethical standards and academic integrity.

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1. Introduction academia, potentially revolutionizing teaching, research,

and personalized learning.
The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI)
have propelled the emergence of generative AI, a Academic writing involves a meticulous process
subfield characterized by machines’ ability to create of synthesizing information from credible sources to
new and original content, ranging from images and contribute to scientific discourse. 1 It demands structuring
text to music and even entire narratives. Algorithms discussions with clear, concise headings, effectively
like variational autoencoders (VAEs) and generative summarizing key study sections, and presenting logical
adversarial networks (GANs) have shown promise in arguments while referencing other works to evade
plagiarism. 2,3 However, challenges arise due to insufficient
* Corresponding author. subject knowledge, limited research skills, and time
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citations poses difficulties, necessitating adherence to 3. Idea generation: Exploring vast datasets to generate
varied referencing style guidelines. 4 novel hypotheses and ideas for research.
Amidst these challenges, Generative AI-powered digital
author assistants, including automatic citation tools, have 2.2. Examples of current implementations
emerged as valuable aids for literature searches, writing,
and plagiarism avoidance. These tools streamline tasks such 2.2.1. Educational implementations
as creating summaries, identifying crucial points, offering 1. Adaptive learning platforms: Generating tailored
citations, and providing feedback on grammar and style, study materials and assignments adjusted to students’
saving considerable time and effort for authors. 5 Despite learning levels.
their utility, debates persist regarding Generative AI’s role 2. Virtual laboratories: Simulating experiments and
in scientific creativity and original research, with concerns providing hands-on learning experiences in controlled
about ethical breaches, misinformation, and a lack of critical environments.
thinking skills. 6 Consequently, the integration of Generative
AI-assisted assistants in academic writing presents both 2.2.2. Research implementations
opportunities and challenges, paralleling broader Generative 1. Synthetic dataset creation: Generating synthetic
AI inclusion across various domains. 7 datasets for training machine learning models.
This paper seeks to explore comprehensively the 2. Generative AI-powered paper writing: Assisting in
multifaceted role of generative Generative AI within the creation of scientific papers through language
academic environments, delving into its opportunities and generation tools.
challenges. It aims to assess the impact of generative
Generative AI on teaching, learning, and research, shedding 2.3. Impact on teaching, learning, and research
light on the ethical, technical, and institutional challenges processes
that impede its seamless integration. Additionally, this
paper aims to delineate the scope of generative Generative 2.3.1. Teaching impact
AI adoption in academia and propose avenues for future 1. Personalization: Enhancing learning experiences
research and development in this burgeoning field. through tailored content for diverse learning styles.
2. Engagement: Providing real-time feedback and
interactive materials for improved student engagement.
2. Overview of Generative Generative AI in Academic
Settings 2.3.2. Learning impact
Generative Generative AI holds relevance across various 1. Adaptive learning paths: Offering customized
domains within academia. Subsequent sections will explore learning paths for deeper comprehension and retention.
its usage in educational and research spheres, delve into 2. Enhanced understanding: Facilitating better
specific instances of its implementation, and examine how understanding through interactive and engaging
it influences teaching, learning, and research processes. learning methods.

2.1. Applications of generative AI in education and 2.3.3. Research impact

research 1. Accelerated analysis: Speeding up data analysis
processes for faster research outcomes.
2.1.1. Education applications 2. Idea generation: Expanding research horizons by
1. Personalized learning: Tailoring educational content Generative aiding in hypothesis generation and idea
and experiences based on individual student needs. exploration.
2. Administrative automation: Streamlining
administrative tasks such as grading, scheduling, 3. Generative AI Tools Used as Academic Assistants
and resource allocation. Authors employ various smart authoring applications,
3. Student engagement: Utilizing chatbots and utilizing advancing technology for multifaceted purposes.
virtual tutors for interactive and engaging learning These tools serve functions like literature review,
experiences. visualization, content generation, plagiarism detection,
language enhancement, data analysis, and journal
2.1.2. Research applications selection. 5,8,9 They yield benefits by reducing workloads,
1. Data analysis: Assisting in data interpretation and saving time, extracting value from extensive datasets, and
analysis, ading researchers in extracting insights. improving overall quality. 8,10–12
2. Experiment design: Optimizing experimental design Figure 1 depicts generative AI tools categorized
and generating synthetic data for simulations. into seven segments: research, visualization, content

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widespread. 10 Following are some key opportunities and

benefits of using Generative AI as an academic assistant.

4.1. Workload alleviation

1. Generative AI efficiently handles repetitive tasks
like literature searches, data analysis, and document
editing, significantly enhancing productivity and
saving time. 11
2. Tasks that typically consume days or weeks, such as
automatic text summarization and data extraction from
large datasets, are completed within a few hours using
Generative AI tools. 12
3. Generative AI’s ability to generate coherent and well-
structured texts allows individuals to focus on other
aspects of their work. 12
Figure 1: Generative AI tools used as academic assistants

4.2. Idea generation and content creation

generation, plagiarism detection, language enhancement, 1. Generative AI Generative AIds in suggesting diverse
data analysis, and journal selection. Notable tools within topics, themes, and perspectives, fostering creativity in
these categories are: Elicit, Scispace, Research Rabbit, writing tasks. 13,14
Scite_, and Perplexity aiding research; ChatGPT, Copy.ai, 2. Generative AI applications like ChatGPT produce
Semantic Scholar, and Scholarcy for data extraction; accurate and consistent content, assisting in
RAWGraphs, Tableau, FusionCharts, VOSviewer, Power information retrieval and error detection. 15
BI, Olli, Baseboard, LIDA, and Columns for visualization.
Tools like DeepReel, Canva, Rask, Scholarly, Gradescope, 4.3. Enhanced collaboration and productivity
WritebyAI, Designs AI, Easy-Peasy.AI, and Content
Generator assist in content creation. To address plagiarism, 1. Generative AI supports effective collaboration by
researchers use tools such as Turnitin, iThenticate, enabling simultaneous work on projects. 16
Copyleaks, Originality.ai, Dupli Checker, Grammarly, 2. Natural language processing algorithms detect and
Copyscape, Plagscan, and Unicheck. Tools like Grammarly, correct errors, allowing writers to focus on content
DeepL, QuillBot, Wordvice, Reverso, ProWritingAid, rather than mechanical tasks. 17
Linguix, Gramara, and Grammar-GPT enhance language
and expression. For data analysis, ChartPixel, Graphy, 4.4. Efficient handling of complex topics
Breadcrumb, Chat2Stats, RTutor, DataSquirrel, Research
Generative AI Generative AIds in focusing on complex
Studio, DataGPTd, and Rows AI are frequently utilized.
subjects and expedites translation processes between
In the realm of journal selection, tools like Journal Finder
languages, improving researchers’ time management and
(Elsevier), Taylor & Francis Journal Suggester, Wiley
performance. 18,19
Journal Finder, MDPI Journal Finder, JournalPark Journal
Wizard, Springer Journal Suggester, and IEEE Publication
Recommender assist researchers in finding suitable journals 4.5. Accelerated summarization and writing processes
based on their content, title, or keywords, simplifying 1. Automated summarization tools save time by swiftly
the publication process. These AI-backed tools streamline summarizing lengthy articles and presenting unbiased
various research processes, aiding researchers in their machine-generated summaries. 8,9
academic endeavors Table 1. 2. Generative AI applications, including ChatGPT,
assist in various tasks such as automatic outlining,
4. Opportunities and Benefits of Generative AI as an summarization, and language translation, streamlining
Academic Assistant the academic writing process. 20
With the rapidly evolving dynamics of the information
4.6. Support in editorial and review processes
age, the academic world is facing many changes and
innovations. Generative AI, which stands out as the pioneer 1. Generative AI enhances journal editorial processes
of these changes, has assumed an important role in the by evaluating article suitability and assisting in peer
field of academic assistantship. Especially in recent years, review processes with analysis based on objective
intelligent writing assistants have become increasingly criteria. 21,22

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2. Plagiarism detection software aids in maintaining like text creation, this technology is recognized as
academic integrity by scanning large datasets for having transformative potential for the future. 27 Attributes
similarities. 17 like language support, time-saving capabilities, increased
efficiency, and idea generation are anticipated to streamline
4.7. Assistance for trainees and researchers writers’ professional lives and aid scientific research. 12,13,27
However, despite these advancements, AI applications in
1. Generative AI acts as a research assistant by aiding in academic writing have limitations, which will be outlined
hypothesis generation, identifying research questions, below:
and conducting literature reviews. 8,23
2. It supports young researchers in challenging stages
5.1. Accuracy and reliability concerns
such as hypothesis generation and identifying gaps in
literature. 23 1. Generative AI tools may lack full comprehension
of academic writing norms, potentially resulting in
4.8. Facilitation in methodology and data analysis inaccuracies and unreliable analyses. 28
2. Possibilities of biased or misleading information
1. Generative AI streamlines methodology writing by and the generation of inauthentic references raise
providing information on sample sizes and analysis credibility concerns. 29,30
techniques. 18 3. Risk of spreading misinformation and disinformation,
2. Generative AI-generated content, like figures and impacting the credibility of generated content. 31
tables, simplifies data presentation, easing the editing
process. 17
5.2. Ethical violation concerns
4.9. Efficient data collection and analysis 1. Ethical dilemmas surface regarding plagiarism,
authorship ownership, and academic justice due to
1. Generative AI recommends suitable data collection uncertainties around text ownership. 32
methods, accelerates data processing, identifies 2. Questions arise about acceptance in academia, co-
complex patterns, and strengthens statistical authorship, and proper recognition of generative AI-
analyses. 24,25 generated contributions. 33
2. Generative AI expedites the research process, reduces 3. Addressing plagiarism and ownership issues requires
costs, and Generative AIds evidence-based decision- improvements in ethical understanding and legal
making. 26 regulations. 34

4.10. Assistance in findings and conclusion writing 5.3. Limited linguistic understanding
1. Generative AI extracts meaningful findings and assists Generative AI applications struggle to comprehend complex
in writing discussion sections by relating findings to linguistic features, impacting the accuracy and reliability of
relevant literature. 8 information obtained. 35
2. It assists in organizing articles according to journal
styles and in correct citation formatting, ensuring
5.4. Limited contextual understanding
compliance with academic standards. 12
Generative AI models lack specific expertise in academic
4.11. Title determination support fields, potentially leading to the production of incomplete
or inaccurate information. 36
1. Generative AI suggests creative title ideas by
performing keyword analysis, creating concept
5.5. Lack of critical thinking and creativity
maps, and connecting study themes to attract wider
readership. 1. Generative AI applications may lack human-like
2. It assists in identifying potential keywords, critical thinking and creativity, which are crucial for
connections between keywords, and enhancing idea development and innovation in academic writing. 6
title relevance to content. 12 2. Over-reliance on AI-generated content could hinder
originality and human innovation. 35
5. Challenges and Limitations of Generative AI as an
Academic Assistant 5.6. Difficulty in data visualization selection
The recent surge in using generative AI technology for Generative AI may struggle to select suitable graph types
academic writing has garnered significant attention from for data visualization or accurately analyze relationships
scholars. Praised for its capacity to replicate human- between visual data elements. 37

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5.7. Training and guidelines requirement technology judiciously and ethically will undoubtedly pave
the way for a more efficient, innovative, and inclusive
Authors may require training to effectively use generative
academic ecosystem.
AI tools, understanding their benefits, limitations, and
ethical implications. 38,39

5.8. Lack of recent research incorporation

Generative AI language models might exclude recent
studies, limiting access to up-to-date information for
academic writing. 40,41

5.9. Complex and costly training

Training generative AI language models in specialized
domains can be intricate, expensive, and favor
privileged researchers, potentially exacerbating existing
inequalities. 2,42

6. Conclusion
In the ever-evolving landscape of academia, the integration
of advanced technologies, particularly artificial intelligence
(AI), has significantly reshaped the scholarly landscape.
This comprehensive exploration into the manifold
applications of generative AI within academic environments
underscores both the promise and the challenges lying
ahead. The diverse suite of AI-powered tools, showcased
across literature review, visualization, content generation,
plagiarism detection, language refinement, data analysis,
and journal selection, illuminates the vast potential for
enhancing research efficiency, reducing workload, and
elevating the overall quality of scholarly output.
However, as with any technological advancement,
inherent limitations accompany these innovations.
Concerns surrounding accuracy, ethical implications,
linguistic comprehension, contextual understanding,
critical thinking emulation, appropriate data visualization,
requisite training, and staying current with recent research
present hurdles that necessitate careful consideration and
resolution. Navigating these challenges will be instrumental
in harnessing the full potential of AI within academia while
upholding the integrity and ethics of scholarly endeavors.
Despite these challenges, the undeniable contributions
of AI-powered tools are reshaping the academic landscape.
These applications empower researchers, enabling them to
delve deeper into complex data, communicate findings more
effectively, and streamline various research processes. The
transformative potential of AI in academia is evident, yet
it requires a balanced approach that harnesses its benefits
while mitigating ethical and practical challenges.
As we embark on this technological frontier, a
collaborative effort between researchers, developers,
policymakers, and educational institutions will be pivotal
in fostering an environment that maximizes the advantages
of AI while addressing its limitations. Embracing this

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Table 1: AI tools used as academic assistants

Tool Name Price Features
ELICIT $ Elicit is one of the user-friendly artificial intelligence tools for
data processing. With the help of this tool you can design and
Research
conduct qualitative research. A researcher can use it to
automate everything from analyzing textual data to identifying
key themes, emotions and patterns.
SCISPACE $ It is used to help you meet the specific guidelines of journals
and publishers quickly and efficiently. The comprehensive
platform provides predefined manuscript templates and
automatic formatting tools. It also includes a citation
management system and support for various styles. It can
automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies.
RESEARCH FREE It is a tool that helps researchers manage their work. It can
RABBIT track citations, create bibliographies and article abstracts. It
can also help researchers stay organized and make better use
of their time.
SCITE $ Scite is one of the most popular AI-powered academic
research tools that improves any academic research in one go.
Its own natural language processing and machine learning help
users perform deeper analysis on academic articles.
PERPLEXITY $ ChatGPT-4 is an assistant that provides users with up-to-date
information on the Internet. With this tool, you can summarize
content, search, create content and more. There is also a free
version, allowing users to easily try out this innovative
artificial intelligence tool.
RG FREE RAWGraphs is an online tool that allows users to create
visuals from raw data. It can handle various types of graphs,
Visualization including bar graphs, line graphs and scatter plots.
RAWGraphs offers various customization options, giving
users the opportunity to edit the visuals according to their
specific needs.
TABLEAU $ Tableau is a powerful tool in the field that helps users analyze
data. With its drag-and-drop interface, Tableau helps users
easily discover, understand and identify data, trends, patterns
and outliers. It supports many options from basic charts and
graphs to advanced maps, treemaps and heatmaps.
FUSION CHARTS $ FusionCharts is a comprehensive data visualization tool that
offers a wide range of chart types, including bar charts, line
charts and pie charts. Its extensive library of pre-built
templates and themes makes it easy for users to create
compelling visuals. FusionCharts also features real-time data
streaming, allowing users to visualize live data.
VOSVIEWER FREE VOSviewer enables the creation of maps based on network,
bibliographic and textual data of the studies in the literature. It
also allows visualization and exploration of this data. It is a
free, open-source bibliometric mapping program. It creates
maps based on existing data by utilizing the author, country,
journal, citation, keywords, abstract, and institutional data
supporting the research.
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POWER BI $ Developed by Microsoft, Power BI is a comprehensive data
visualization tool that integrates seamlessly with other
Microsoft products and services. Its user-friendly interface and
drag-and-drop functionality make it easy for users to create
interactive reports and dashboards. Power BI also offers
AI-powered features such as natural language queries and
automated insights, allowing users to gain valuable insights
from their data with minimal effort.
DEEP REEL $ DeepReel AI is an artificial intelligence tool for video content
creation. This tool helps users automatically convert text-based
Content
content into video. DeepReel AI analyzes text-based scenarios
Generation
or descriptions. Based on this information, it creates videos by
combining visual and audio elements. Users can typically use
such tools to create content for marketing, education or
entertainment purposes.
CANVA $ Popular graphic design platform Canva makes content creation
even easier with its "Magic" feature. It allows users to create a
collection of personalized templates from any image they
upload. Users can also create images by typing text.
RASK $ Rask AI is an artificial intelligence-based platform. It offers a
highly advanced service for video translation and dubbing.
With this platform, you can translate videos between
languages or add dubbing to existing videos. Rask AI stands
out with its language capabilities and offers impressive results
in text-to-speech conversion.
SCHOLARLY $ Scholarly is an artificial intelligence tool that positively
impacts the academic research process by automating the
process of reading, summarizing and extracting information. It
can help us identify figures, tables, references and main
concepts in articles.
GRADESCOPE $ Widely used in educational institutions, Gradescope is an
AI-powered grading and feedback tool. The time and effort
required by instructors to grade assignments, exams and
coding projects is greatly reduced by automating the process.
Machine learning algorithms can decode code, recognize
handwriting and provide in-depth feedback to students.
TURNITIN $ It is a powerful tool for detecting plagiarism in assignments
and theses. This tool gives the percentage of AI-generated
Plagiarism content compared to the overall content. It can detect text
generated by GPT-3, GPT-3.5 and other variants including
ChatGPT.
ITHENTICATE $ This tool, which has academic databases, journals,
publications and more than 17 billion web pages in its data
pool, is used to detect plagiarism in academic works.
iThenticate 2.0 adds artificial intelligence text detection
feature. It helps researchers, publishers and academics in this
direction.
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COPYLEAKS $ It is an AI-powered plagiarism detection tool that helps users
ensure the originality of their content by scanning copies from
various databases. The platform supports multiple file formats
and languages. This makes it a versatile solution for content
developers, educational institutions and businesses. Copyleaks
also provides detailed similarity reports that highlight potential
plagiarism issues and offer revision suggestions.
ORIGINALTY.AI $ It is a state-of-the-art AI content detector designed to detect
duplicate content, measure text uniqueness, and provide
actionable insights to improve writing quality. In addition to
powerful plagiarism detection features, OriginalityAI also
includes content optimization features such as alternative
wording suggestions and improved readability.
DUPLI CHECKER $ It stands out with its user-friendly interface and offers its
members 50 search rights per day. The program scans both
uploaded files and copy-pasted content for plagiarism. In
addition to showing similar sentences and their citations, it
also offers the opportunity to download the plagiarism report.
GRAMMARLY $ Grammarly is a powerful writing assistant tool that brings a
new understanding to the way people write and communicate
Language
online. The tool has become very popular over the years due to
Improvement
its ability to analyze written text and provide feedback on
criteria such as spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity and
accuracy. Grammarly is not only suitable for personal use but
also for educational use.
DEEPI $ It is one of the AI translation tools that is constantly growing
in popularity. It is used both for corporate and individual use.
DeepL is known for its intuitive interface and seamless
integration with Windows and iOS. This tool gives the
opportunity to customize translations and provides a lot of
control over automatic translation.
QUILLBOT $ It is an AI tool with writing and language improvement
features useful for researchers. It is based on advanced
algorithms that annotate, provide word suggestions and offer
alternative word choices to avoid plagiarism. The "expand"
feature helps brainstorming during the writing process by
generating content from several keywords or phrases.
WORDVICE.AI $ Powered by the latest artificial intelligence technology,
Wordvice is a real-time text editor. It corrects spelling,
punctuation and style errors. It has an AI Correction Tool that
improves the clarity and flow of your text.
REVERSO FREE It is a comprehensive AI translator supporting more than 15
languages. It has an extensive knowledge database of more
than 11 million words and phrases, allowing users to obtain
context-rich translations. Reverso is perfect for people who
want to learn new languages or learn the meaning of words
they encounter while reading.
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CHARTPIXEL FREE ChartPixel allows users to effortlessly transform raw data into
understandable and engaging charts in seconds. By removing
Data Analysis the complexity of data analysis tools, it provides an intuitive
way for all skill levels to grasp data models and create
engaging presentations with AI-powered explanations. Many
user-friendly features make the tool easy to use.
GRAPHY FREE Graphy is a free graphing tool that allows for stylish and
interactive data visualization with ease. With the help of
artificial intelligence, this tool allows users to create stunning
graphs without the need for advanced technical skills. Graphs
can be embedded on various platforms, including Notion and
other preferred apps. Using Graphy, you can present data in a
visually engaging and effective way.
BREADCRUMB $ Breadcrumb is an AI tool designed to seamlessly transform
raw data into interactive, personalized views. It eliminates the
need for users to have advanced data skills. Using AI, it allows
users to analyze data in real time without the burden of
manually combining multiple sources, modeling or computing.
CHAT2STATS $ It is a data analysis tool powered by OpenAI. Its main goal is
to make data analysis simple and easy by leveraging AI-driven
advances in natural language processing. With Chat2Stats,
users can seamlessly analyze data from a wide range of
sources and formats. This allows them to efficiently gather
insights that drive business growth. One of its greatest
strengths is its ease of use.
RTUTOR FREE RTutor is an artificial intelligence-based tool for data analysis.
It provides a natural language interface for users to interact
with their data. It can be used to generate R and Python code
for various statistical analyses and generate reports in HTML
format.
JOURNAL FINDER FREE It is one of the tools used to find the most appropriate journal
for your work. It can work with both abstract and keywords. It
Journal Finder will save time for researchers to find the most appropriate
journal for their work. It is possible to search with a maximum
of 5000 words for abstracts and a few phrases for keywords.
This tool, which works with machine learning, helps you find
a journal suitable for the scope of your article.
AUTHOR FREE One of the most important reasons editors give for rejecting a
SERVICES manuscript is that it does not fall within the scope of the
journal. This problem will help you find the best journal for
your research paper. This tool, which works by analyzing the
abstract and keywords, will save you time in accessing the
journal list.
WILEY FREE If you are not sure which journal to submit your work to, this
tool will help you find journals that match your article. You
can browse by title and topic, and easily add titles side by side
to compare publication times, metrics and policies. All you
need is the article title and a 3000-word abstract.
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MDPI FREE With MDPI Journal Finder, you can solve the most
time-consuming process of finding and publishing journals.
MDPI currently publishes 421 peer-reviewed journals and 9
conference journals that aim to publish the output of academic
conferences. Using artificial intelligence, this search tool
allows you to select by title, abstract, impact factor, price and
index.
JOURNAL PARK FREE In the JournalPark system, users have the opportunity to access
journals suitable for their articles with the journal wizard. In
this section, they can access the appropriate journal by filling
in the article title, keywords and subject headings. In addition,
they can filter between journals with criteria such as journal
index list, fee policy and minimum article acceptance rate.

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