Policy on AI assisting tools

The editorial board of the journal recognizes the potential of innovative technologies in scientific activity, but emphasizes the priority of academic integrity and author responsibility. The editorial board does not object to the use by authors of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and technologies, such as: ChatGPT, Gemini AI, Claude AI, Grok, DeepSeek AI, etc., provided that international standards of publication ethics are strictly observed.

The use of AI within the journal is regulated by the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)  Author-ship and AI tools , the provisions of  The use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in writing  (Elsevier) and the Recommendations on the Use of AI in Scholarly Communication  of the European Association of Scholarly Editors (EASE). 

AUTHOR OBLIGATIONS AND DECLARATIONS

Declaration of use . Authors are required to officially notify the Editorial Board about the use of AI tools in the process of preparing the manuscript in a cover letter. The following should be detailed directly in the text of the article (in the " Methods " section or in a separate declaration of use):

  • specific ways to apply AI (data collection, linguistic correction, data visualization, creation of graphs/charts, etc.);
  • ensuring proper referencing of generated content.

Authorship criteria and responsibility . AI tools do not meet the criteria for authorship and cannot be listed as an author or co-author of a scientific article. Authors bear full personal responsibility for:

  • reliability and objectivity of the information provided;
  • compliance with copyright legislation;
  • absence of plagiarism and adherence to the principles of academic integrity;
  • the content of the manuscript as a whole.

Restrictions on use . The use of AI must remain under the full control of the researcher. It is strictly forbidden to use AI technologies to create:

  • the main text of the work;
  • formation of original research results and scientific conclusions;
  • statistical analysis and data modeling.

ETHICS FOR REVIEWERS AND EDITORS

In order to ensure confidentiality and expert quality of the evaluation, the Editorial Board establishes the following rules:

Prohibition on the use of AI in review . Reviewers are strictly prohibited from using AI to evaluate the content of an article or generate review text.

Confidentiality . Manuscripts are confidential documents. It is prohibited to upload the texts of articles (in whole or in part) to AI systems due to the risk of disclosure of content and violation of the rights of the authors.

Decision-making.  Editors do not use AI technologies to assess the scientific merit of papers or make any editorial decisions. The editor is responsible for the editorial process and the final decision on publication.

SANCTIONS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY

In the event of detection of the use of artificial intelligence without proper declaration, the Editorial Board reserves the right to:

  • reject and return the manuscript at any stage of review;
  • initiate the procedure for withdrawing (retracting) an already published article.

The editorial board periodically reviews and improves this Policy in accordance with the development of AI technologies and the updating of international standards of scientific communication.