What do academics have to say about ChatGPT? A text mining analytics on the discussions regarding ChatGPT on research writing

This study employed text mining analytics to determine the perceptions of academics (e.g., scholars, teachers, educators, and researchers) regarding ChatGPT in research writing. Toward this goal, research articles relating to the use of ChatGPT in research writing were collected from Scopus and Google Scholar. Using keywords and the criteria set forth, 86 selected peer- and non-peer-reviewed articles were published between 2022 and 2023. All except one paper were published in a scientific journal. It was shown that ChatGPT is a valuable tool for content generation and could provide quick feedback from a text-based inquiry. Support and content generation, publication ethics, and the duality of ChatGPT were the three themes discovered using topic modeling. The top concern of academics was that it could facilitate plagiarism. Overall, the sentiment score was positive, implying that the academic community has a favorable perception of this novel technology. Recommendations and implications are offered.