Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy

CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 – Background
The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on the academic publishing ecosystem. While AI offers valuable support in tasks such as writing, editing, and reviewing, its unregulated use could undermine scholarly integrity, originality, and credibility. This policy is established to govern the use of AI to ensure that ethical and scientific standards are upheld in journals indexed or targeting Scopus.

Article 2 – Scope
This policy applies to:

  • Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal.

  • Editors, reviewers, and the editorial team.

  • All stakeholders involved in the publication process.

CHAPTER II – PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES

Article 3 – Principles
The use of AI in the publication process must adhere to the following principles:

  1. Integrity: Manuscripts must reflect the genuine intellectual contribution of the author(s).

  2. Transparency: Any use of AI must be disclosed explicitly.

  3. Accountability: Human oversight is required at all stages of the publication process.

  4. Validity: Research data and findings must be authentic, verifiable, and based on sound methodology.

Article 4 – Objectives
This policy aims to:

  1. Safeguard the originality and ethical standards of published works.

  2. Provide clear guidance for ethical AI usage.

  3. Ensure compliance with international publishing ethics (e.g., COPE, Elsevier, Scopus).

CHAPTER III – PROVISIONS FOR AI USAGE

Article 5 – Permitted Uses
AI may be used for:

  1. Proofreading and grammar checking.

  2. Formatting and reference management.

  3. Summarizing literature.

  4. Supporting data analysis, provided the methodology is transparent.
    AI usage must be acknowledged in the manuscript, either in the Acknowledgment or Methodology section (e.g., "The authors used ChatGPT for proofreading English grammar").

Article 6 – Prohibited Uses
The following uses of AI are prohibited:

  1. Manuscripts that are entirely generated by AI, without meaningful author contribution.

  2. Concealing AI involvement in the manuscript preparation process.

  3. Using AI to fabricate, manipulate, or falsify data.

CHAPTER IV – ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Article 7 – Author Responsibilities

  1. Authors must explicitly declare any use of AI in the manuscript.

  2. Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy, originality, and compliance of their work with ethical standards.

  3. Authors are fully accountable for the content of their manuscript.

Article 8 – Editorial and Reviewer Responsibilities

  1. Editors and reviewers may use AI for tasks such as similarity checks and language assistance.

  2. Editorial decisions must be made under human authority, with AI serving as a tool, not a substitute for human judgment.

  3. Editors must reject manuscripts that are suspected of being fully AI-generated.

CHAPTER V – SANCTIONS AND EVALUATION

Article 9 – Sanctions
Manuscripts that violate this policy may:

  1. Be rejected during the review process.

  2. Be retracted post-publication.

  3. Be marked with an ethical warning.

  4. Authors who repeatedly violate the policy may be blacklisted from submitting to the journal.

Article 10 – Evaluation and Review
This policy will be reviewed periodically to account for advances in AI technology and evolving international standards in academic publishing.