A SURVEY ON ANALYZING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AI TOOLS AMONG RESEARCH SCHOLARS IN ACADEMIC WRITING AND PUBLISHING

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AI tools are applications or software that specifically perform tasks that encompass a wide range of functions. Artificial intelligence plays a pivotal role in scholarly publication as it provides insights, helps in refining the article language, and grammar checking, and suggests improvement thus enhancing the efficiency, quality, and depth of the content of the research paper. The new educational paradigm has both benefits and drawbacks. The present study employs a cross-sectional online survey method. The study aims to analyze the role of AI tools among research scholars in the Vellore district. The study focuses on identifying the AI tools used by the researcher for effective writing. The study employs a self-designed questionnaire (Likert scale) with 40 items concerning variables like content creation, grammar and spelling, detection of plagiarism, paraphrasing and summarizing, citation generator, translation, assistance in outlining and structure, data visualization, editing and proofreading, sentiment analysis, collaborative writing, and its ethical considerations. The questionnaire was circulated to research scholars in Vellore District through Google Forms. The consent was obtained from the scholars on the initial page of the forms. The data collected were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The tests like descriptive statistics, frequency, reliability, validity, normality, ANOVA, and regression were performed to analyze the data. The proposed research questions of the study aim to find the different AI tools used in content generation and the effectiveness of these tools when employed in research paper writing. The respondents also use Grammarly Go for grammar checking, tone, and clarity. In the preliminary survey, most of them accepted that AI tools help scholars ease the writing process. After Zotero, they found it easier to change the referencing style to the journal requirement. Most of the researchers accepted that they would use AI tools in writing, and many have also confirmed that they do not completely rely on AI tools as they use them based on requirements like paraphrasing, grammar checking, and citation. Hence, they conclude that AI tools are an advantage for scholars in research writing.

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