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moderators? </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="md-content" data-md-component="content"> <article class="md-content__inner md-typeset"> <a href="https://github.com/arXiv/arxiv-docs/blob/develop/source/help/moderation/index.md" title="Edit this page" class="md-content__button md-icon"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M20.71 7.04c.39-.39.39-1.04 0-1.41l-2.34-2.34c-.37-.39-1.02-.39-1.41 0l-1.84 1.83 3.75 3.75M3 17.25V21h3.75L17.81 9.93l-3.75-3.75L3 17.25Z"/></svg> </a> <h1 id="arxiv-moderation">arXiv moderation</h1> <p>arXiv is a forum for professional members of the scientific community, providing rapid distribution of new research. As part of the service all submissions are subject to moderation. Material submitted to arXiv is expected to be self-contained and of interest, relevance, and value to the disciplines we serve.</p> <p>Please note that the arXiv moderation process is not a peer-review process. arXiv staff and moderators cannot give feedback on the submission. <span id="what-policies"></span></p> <h2 id="what-policies-guide-moderation-before-public-announcement">What policies guide moderation before public announcement?</h2> <p>The moderation process primarily occurs after a user submits a work and before the work is made public. Each work is evaluated based on its content. arXiv moderation decisions may be influenced by the publication status of the submission, but prior publication does not guarantee acceptance in arXiv. Submitters who have had works previously delayed or declined by arXiv should anticipate closer scrutiny on future submissions. arXiv reserves the right to reclassify or decline any submission.</p> <p><span id="reclassification"></span></p> <h3 id="reclassification-of-works">Reclassification of works</h3> <p>Reclassification by our moderators ensures that submissions are posted to the most  <a href="https://arxiv.org/category_taxonomy">relevant category</a>. Cross-lists may be added to other related categories, or they may be removed by moderators when the classification is deemed inappropriate. A submission that is cross-listed to a category will be announced in the mailings to that category. </p> <p><span id="declined"></span></p> <h3 id="declined-submissions">Declined submissions</h3> <p>arXiv, in its sole discretion, may decline to post works submitted to the platform. The following list includes example topics that could lead to a submission being declined. This is not an exhaustive list, and some works that have been published or accepted by a journal may still be declined at arXiv’s discretion. </p> <p><span id="scholarly-standards"></span></p> <h4 id="scholarly-standards">Scholarly Standards</h4> <p>Submissions to arXiv must comply with appropriate standards of scholarly communication in form, including appropriate and carefully prepared sections, figures, tables, references, etc. Language standards require professional communication, and sufficiently neutral tone (see also <a href="../policies/code_of_conduct.html">Code of Conduct</a>). General scrupulousness and care of preparation are required.</p> <p><span id="scholarly-interest"></span></p> <h4 id="scholarly-interest">Scholarly interest</h4> <p>arXiv moderators expect submissions to be of scholarly archival interest to the communities they represent. A submission may be declined if the moderators determine it lacks originality, novelty, significance, and/or contains falsified, plagiarized content or serious misrepresentations of data, affiliation, or content.</p> <p>Submissions that do not contain original or substantive research, including course projects, research proposals, news, or information about political causes (even those with potential special interest to the academic community) may be declined. Submissions in need of significant review and revision may also be declined.</p> <h4 id="content-types">Content types</h4> <p>Research articles are the primary content-type submitted to arXiv.</p> <p>For information about submissions other than research articles please see the <a href="/help/policies/content-types.html">specific content type policies</a></p> <p><span id="format"></span></p> <h4 id="format-requirements">Format requirements</h4> <p>For information about submission format requirements please see <a href="/help/policies/format_requirements.html">specific format requirements</a></p> <h5 id="images">Images</h5> <p>Authors should be aware that the use of some images may cause offense. Examples include: obscenity; sexualized images; and images of violence or its results. There are more complex examples: images with checkered histories, (including the “Lena” image — a crop from an image published in a magazine that specialized in female nudes); politically controversial images; covertly sexual images; and the like. The use of essentially any image can be justified by appropriate circumstances, but authors should think carefully about what images they use. Papers that are identified as using images likely to cause egregious offense may be declined or removed.</p> <p><span id="AI-language-tools"></span></p> <h5 id="policy-for-authors-use-of-generative-ai-language-tools">Policy for authors’ use of generative AI language tools</h5> <p>arXiv recognizes that authors of scientific works use a variety of tools to do the science on which they report, and to prepare the report itself, from simple ones to very sophisticated ones. 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