AI Regulation

Authors are required to disclose any use of AI tools or editorial support software (e.g., ChatGPT, Grammarly, QuillBot, MidJourney…), including the tool name, version, provider, purpose, and scope of use. This disclosure must be stated clearly in the AI Disclosure Statement or Methods section of the manuscript.

AI tools and technologies cannot be listed as authors. Human authors bear full responsibility for the scientific content, accuracy, originality, and transparency of the manuscript. Authors must confirm that all AI-assisted content has been verified, edited, and remains under their accountability.

Authors must not rely on AI to generate scientific ideas, data analyses, research conclusions, illustrations, or coding without independent human verification. They are also prohibited from uploading sensitive or unpublished research data to public AI platforms in order to safeguard confidentiality and comply with data protection regulations.

Editors, reviewers, and editorial collaborators are not allowed to use AI tools to draft review reports, evaluate unpublished manuscripts, or make editorial decisions. This restriction ensures confidentiality, transparency, and objectivity in the peer-review process.

Manuscripts that fail to disclose the use of AI tools, or misrepresent such use, will be considered a violation of publication ethics and may be rejected, retracted after publication, or subjected to appropriate sanctions in accordance with the journal’s policy.

The publisher is committed to providing the editorial team with substantive feedback regarding the journal, its editorial practices, and the publisher’s own role. The publisher also agrees to report any instance of ethical misconduct to COPE.

Policy Updates: This regulation will be periodically reviewed and updated to remain consistent with advances in AI technology and international standards of research publishing ethics.