AI and Generative AI Policy

 
 
Artificial Intelligence Use Policy
Responsible AI use, scientific integrity, transparency, and human accountability in scholarly publishing.

01  Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Publishing

The Journal of Economics and Management Technologies (JEMTECH) recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI), including Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), can assist in research, writing, editing, data processing, editorial management, and scholarly communication. JEMTECH permits responsible AI use provided that such use does not compromise scientific integrity, originality, transparency, confidentiality, intellectual property, or human accountability throughout the publication process.

Fundamental Principle
AI is an assistive tool and does not replace human scientific responsibility. Authors, editors, and reviewers remain fully responsible for their work, decisions, interpretations, and information produced or used throughout the research and publication process.

02  Use of AI by Authors

Authors may use AI-based tools for limited and supportive activities, such as grammar and spelling checking, language editing, translation, text organization, or certain technical assistance. AI must not replace the author's intellectual contribution or transfer responsibility for the manuscript. AI tools or systems cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. All listed authors must meet the journal's authorship requirements and remain fully accountable for the manuscript.

AI Use Requiring Disclosure

Authors must disclose the use of Generative AI when AI is used substantively to generate or modify:

  • Scientific text or substantive content;
  • Analysis or interpretation;
  • Code or programming used in the research;
  • Tables or other scientific materials;
  • Figures, illustrations, or graphical abstracts;
  • Research methods or study design;
  • Any other part of the scholarly work materially influenced by AI.

The disclosure should identify the AI tool or platform, its version where available, the purpose of its use, and the section or stage of the research or manuscript in which AI was used. Authors must critically review and verify all AI-generated or AI-assisted outputs and remain responsible for their accuracy, validity, originality, interpretation, and integrity.

Research Data, Experimental Results, and Scientific Materials

AI must not be used to generate, fabricate, manipulate, or alter research data or experimental results in a manner inconsistent with the actual research. This includes chemical characterization data, instrumental analyses, microscopy images, spectra, chromatograms, environmental data, simulation results, computational results, and other empirical or scientific evidence. AI may assist with data analysis, programming, or data processing when appropriately described and verified and when the underlying research data are not altered, fabricated, or falsified.

Scientific Image Integrity
AI-generated images must not be used to misleadingly represent experimental data or research findings. If AI is used to create conceptual illustrations, graphical abstracts, or other visual materials, such use should be transparently disclosed when relevant to the scientific content of the manuscript.
References and Citations

AI must not be relied upon as an unverified source for generating scientific references or citations. Authors are responsible for verifying the existence, relevance, bibliographic accuracy, and content of every reference cited. References or citations generated by AI that cannot be independently verified must not be included in the manuscript.

03  Use of AI by Editors

Editors may use AI to assist with administrative and supportive editorial tasks, such as language checking, formatting, information organization, or other appropriate technical activities. However, AI must not replace editorial judgment, decision-making, or responsibility.

Editorial Confidentiality
Editors must not enter unpublished manuscripts, research data, personal information, reviewer comments, or other confidential materials into public AI systems or third-party AI services when confidentiality and security cannot be adequately guaranteed.

Decisions regarding initial assessment, reviewer selection, revision requests, acceptance, rejection, and other editorial matters must be made by editors based on academic judgment and the journal's policies. AI must not be the sole basis for editorial decisions and must not result in conflicts of interest, breaches of confidentiality, or disclosure of unpublished scientific information.

04  Use of AI by Reviewers

Reviewers may use AI in a limited manner to assist with technical aspects, such as language or structural checking of their review report, provided that such use does not compromise manuscript confidentiality or the journal's publication ethics requirements.

Reviewer Confidentiality
Reviewers must not upload or enter manuscripts, research data, figures, tables, supplementary materials, or other confidential information into public AI tools or third-party AI systems that do not adequately guarantee confidentiality and security.

AI must not replace the reviewer's scientific judgment. Assessments of novelty, methodology, data validity, analysis, interpretation, scientific contribution, and suitability for publication must be conducted by reviewers based on their expertise and academic judgment. Reviewers remain fully responsible for their review reports and recommendations.

05  Transparency, Integrity, and Accountability

The use of AI does not transfer academic or ethical responsibility from humans to technology. All individuals using AI in the research or publication process must ensure that its use does not cause or facilitate:

  • Fabrication or falsification of data;
  • Manipulation of research results;
  • Plagiarism or misuse of another person's work;
  • Generation or use of unverifiable citations;
  • Copyright or intellectual property infringement;
  • Violation of privacy or confidentiality;
  • Misuse or unauthorized disclosure of research data;
  • Any other form of research or publication misconduct.

JEMTECH may request authors, editors, or reviewers to provide additional information regarding their use of AI when necessary to ensure transparency, integrity, and accountability. Violations of this policy may be considered during the editorial process and addressed in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.

06  AI Use Declaration by Authors

When AI is used substantively in the preparation or conduct of research, authors must provide an AI use declaration in the manuscript. The declaration should identify the AI tool or platform, describe its purpose, and indicate the relevant stage or component of the research or manuscript in which AI was used.

Example of an AI Use Statement
“The authors used [name of AI tool/platform] to assist with [purpose of use]. All AI-generated outputs were critically reviewed and verified by the authors. The authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and scientific content of the manuscript.”

If AI was used only for routine language checking or minor language editing, a brief statement may be provided where appropriate.

07  Declaration of No Substantive AI Use

If no AI use falls within the categories requiring disclosure under this policy, authors may provide the following statement:

“The authors declare that no Artificial Intelligence or Generative AI was used in a substantive manner that contributed to the preparation, analysis, interpretation, or scientific content of this manuscript.”

08  Policy Review

The Journal of Economics and Management Technologies (JEMTECH) AI policy will be reviewed periodically to reflect developments in AI technology, publication ethics standards, best practices in scholarly communication, and relevant guidance from scholarly organizations and publishers. The journal may revise this policy when necessary to maintain responsible, transparent, and ethical use of AI in scholarly publishing.