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Article History

Received: 1 March 2021

Accepted: 13 September 2021

First Online: 17 October 2021

Declarations

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: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. In accordance with the University of Oxford’s policy on the ethical conduct of research involving human participants and personal data [CitationRef removed], ethical approval and informed consent were not required for the study reported here because we used data collected as part of our partner PNLP Ltd.’s optional manuscript checking service, and during the normal course of BMJ Open’s editorial procedures. In accordance with the personal data protection policies of our partners and with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, all data was anonymised before it was shared with the research team.Before using Penelope.ai, users were asked for consent for their manuscript and feedback to be used for research and evaluation purposes. Penelope.ai had Data Sharing agreements in place with the University of Oxford and <i>BMJ Open</i> to allow the sharing of unpublished, de-identified excerpts of manuscripts during the assessment period.

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: CS, JdB, JH, PL, PD, and MS are members of the UK EQUATOR Centre, which is part of the EQUATOR Network. The EQUATOR Network’s goal is to improve the quality and transparency of health research, primarily through the promotion of reporting guidelines.JH is founder and director of PNLP Ltd, the company that makes Penelope.ai.